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Advocacy group survey: Faculty fear backlash for free speech

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four-year public and private nonprofit universities. Colm O’Muircheartaigh, a University of Chicago professor and academic director of the university’s Center for Survey Methodology, said, “SSRS is an entirely reputable research company.

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How 2 of higher ed’s most challenging trends are causing pain this fall

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Political interference and declining enrollment, two of higher education’s most formidable trends, have already begun to impact several colleges and universities this fall—and at one major university system, the two are coalescing. Systemwide, enrollment is at its lowest since 2000, according to Biz Times.

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Report: U of Arkansas system may buy University of Phoenix

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In 2014, the university system sought to join the growing number of public universities attempting to reach working learners by creating a fully separate online institution known as eVersity. But eVersity never achieved its founders’ enrollment targets or came close to break-even status financially.