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The college closings of 2024—and what lies beyond

University Business

A flurry of colleges and universities have shuttheir doors following the pandemic, and 2024 didn’t show signs of slowing down. University Business will continue to monitor the changing landscape of college closings, as well as mergers and acquisitions, in the coming year and beyond. Year founded: 1997 Wells College (N.Y.)

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Which Colleges Always Lose Money?

Robert Kelchen

By far, the most popular piece on my blog in 2024 (representing nearly one-fourth of all traffic to my website) was a fairly quick look at which private colleges consistently lost money over the last decade.

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Adler University Announces Tenure Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Adler University will offer a tenure program to full-time faculty for the first time beginning in the 2023-2024 academic year, university officials announced on Monday. and private universities offer tenure, very few faculty receive the honor and benefit of tenure.

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New Partnership Aims to Diversify Medical Device Sales

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Mercy is the largest private institution in New York that also qualifies as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) with 44% of their student population identifying as Latinx. Dr. Brian Amkraut, vice president for Workforce Credentialing and Community Impact at Mercy University.

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See what’s driving the sudden rise in institutional neutrality

University Business

the end of 2024, however, 140 more institutions adopted institutional neutrality. Source: The Rising Tide of Institutional Statement Neutrality report from Heterodox Academy; March 2025) Community and inclusion, academic freedom and earning public trust were among the leading reasons colleges and universities created neutrality policies.

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Davenport U Launches Bilingual Degree Program for Latino Students

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Davenport U Launches Bilingual Degree Program for Latino Students Sara Weissman Mon, 03/25/2024 - 03:00 AM The private university in Michigan is producing online degree programs with courses that alternate between English and Spanish each week. Byline(s) Sara Weissman

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Is this the first college closing announced in 2025?

University Business

With just nine majors in the 2024-25 school year, it cut over 75% of its majors, reduced enrollment to 350 students and let go of staff to raise revenue. Institutions interested in diversifying their enrollment strategy in an attempt to adapt to the demographic cliff should heed advice from Unity Environmental University. A record $1.5