Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 12, 2024

Fontbonne University to Close in 2025 Josh Moody Tue, 03/12/2024 - 03:00 AM The private, Roman Catholic institution in Missouri will shut down due to enrollment and financial challenges. Nearby Washington University will buy its campus. Byline(s) Josh Moody

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OCTOBER 1, 2024

Education Department will open up the 2025–26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid for testing Tuesday evening and is on track for open the form to all students by Dec. 1, officials said Monday.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2022

The Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) has launched a partnership pilot program to increase effectiveness of skills-based hiring with the help of a $350,000 grant from the Lumina Foundation. One of the goals is to create a pipeline of skilled and career-ready job candidates.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 12, 2024

Ten finalists have been named and are still in the running for the Aspen Institute’s 2025 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. The biennial prize, which comes with $1 million award, recognizes strong performance among community colleges. They show that excellence can be reached in any and every context.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 8, 2024

The global nonprofit Aspen Institute has named 20 semifinalists for the 2025 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, a $1 million prize. The Aspen Institute plans to announce 10 finalists in June. The Aspen Institute plans to announce 10 finalists in June.

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NACADA

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The 2025 NACADA Region Conference season is just around the corner, and we’re looking for passionate professionals like you to share your insights, experiences, and innovative practices in academic advising. Proposals for the 2025 Region Conference are now open!

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University Business

JUNE 28, 2024

Many Michigan families would receive free pre-K and all high school graduates would receive free community college education under the 2025 spending plan passed Thursday by lawmakers. billion state budget for 2025 was approved early Thursday, June 27, by lawmakers during an overnight session. The overall $82.5

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2023

What awaits college and university leaders is the long-predicted enrollment cliff, the period around 2025 or 2026 when the effects of the Great Recession on this country’s birth rate will be realized as dramatically fewer high school seniors reach graduation.

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Ray Schroeder

JANUARY 23, 2024

Senate President Karen Spilka advises to “keep your eyes peeled” for free community college funding in the Senate’s version of the fiscal year 2025 budget. The report was rolled out to reporters last week alongside Spilka, Senate Ways and Means Chair Michael Rodrigues and Higher Education Committee Chair Sen.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed a roughly $58 billion budget for fiscal year 2025, almost a month after it was due. Included in the spending plan is a provision for commonwealth residents of any age without a bachelor’s degree to attend community college for free. Read more at WCVB.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Senate unanimously passed the FAFSA Deadline Act on Thursday, less than a week after the House unanimously passed it. Now the legislation heads to President Biden’s desk. The bill would mandate that the Education Department launch the federal aid form by Oct. 1 each year; currently the deadline is Jan.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 23, 2024

This is the second consecutive year of undergraduate growth and third straight year of growth for community colleges. Mitra, vice president of student affairs & enrollment management at Queensborough Community College When asked if the FAFSA impacted freshman enrollment, Shapiro said the data doesn’t address that issue.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Moraine Park Technical College was recently named one of the 150 institutions eligible for the Aspen Institute Community College Excellence honor, recognition of high achievement and performance among two-year colleges. Read more from Washington County Daily News.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 30, 2024

Wallace State Community College in Hanceville, Alabama, is one of the 10 institutions chosen as finalists for the 2025 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. Wallace State, Northwest Vista College in Texas, and Moorpark College in California are three finalists noted for fostering cultures.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The Tennessee Higher Education Commission announced Monday that the Tennessee Promise program saw a record number of applicants—more than 670,000—from the Class of 2025. The program, launched in 2015, is a last-dollar free tuition scholarship for the state’s community college students.

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JULY 29, 2024

Twenty-eight Advanced Placement exams are going digital starting next May, Trevor Packer, the College Board’s head of AP programming, announced last Thursday at the annual AP conference in Las Vegas.

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JANUARY 11, 2024

2 SUNY Institutions, 1 Campus Sara Weissman Thu, 01/11/2024 - 03:00 AM Clinton Community College plans to move its operations to SUNY Plattsburgh’s campus by the 2025–26 academic year in response to enrollment and financial challenges. Byline(s) Sara Weissman

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The 2025–26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid is on track to launch ahead of its Dec. 1 deadline, Education Department officials announced on a press call Thursday afternoon, likely around Nov. 22—though the officials said they couldn’t confirm an exact date.

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AUGUST 4, 2023

The California State University system’s graduation rates have markedly improved, but significant equity gaps remain, according to a new report from the Campaign for College Opportunity, a California-based research and policy advocacy organization.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 8, 2024

As the 2025 fiscal year is fast approaching, the looming question is, what institutions will survive without these financial lifelines? Dr. Mordecai Ian Brownlee is president of the Community College of Aurora in Colorado. Higher education is indeed a business, the business of student transformation.

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OCTOBER 9, 2024

Despite Reputation Drop, American Universities Remain Top-Ranked Globally kathryn.palmer… Wed, 10/09/2024 - 03:00 AM Times Higher Education’s 2025 World University Rankings show that while U.S. universities are well represented among top institutions, their collective reputation has declined over the past decade. Byline(s) Kathryn Palmer

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Salcedo is the director of the Center for Community College Partnerships at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Alexander observes that many high school and community college students see no connection to the university, therefore building pathways to higher education is part of AAP’s outreach.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 14, 2024

College Board President Will Oversee FAFSA Launch Katherine Knott Fri, 06/14/2024 - 03:01 PM Jeremy Singer, a familiar face in higher-ed circles, will lead the department’s strategy on the 2025–26 aid application. Byline(s) Katherine Knott

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AUGUST 8, 2024

The Education Department will release the 2025–26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid on Oct. By pushing back the form’s mass release to Dec. 1, the department is hoping to avoid the technical issues that plagued this year’s application.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

More than 50% of a college’s or university’s ranking is based on metrics related to the success of diverse students and the earnings of graduates. 13 in 2025. More from UB: How micro-credentials are spurring deeper collaboration between community college and employers U.S. “By The 2025 U.S.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Interest in Tennesse’s free tuition program for its community and state technical colleges is promising, to say the least, as the number of applicants for its Class of 2025 broke last year’s record by more than 700. Community colleges, however, have fared better than their counterparts.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 24, 2024

Biden Administration Finalizes Overtime Rule jessica.blake@… Wed, 04/24/2024 - 03:00 AM The updated regulation will require colleges and universities across the country to either raise staff salaries to $58,656 or grant them overtime pay by Jan. Byline(s) Jessica Blake

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Ray Schroeder

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Cox College, a private nonprofit in Missouri focused on healthcare, is closing sometime after the spring 2025 term, with plans to move its associate programs to Ozarks Technical Community College and its bachelor’s and graduate programs to Missouri State University.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 28, 2024

One of the world’s largest international education markets, Australia hosted about 717,500 international students this year (in a country with a population of 26 million); in 2025, the government is capping enrollment at 270,000.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 2, 2023

Those recognized with it this year will be showcased as recipients through the 2025-2026 academic year, according to the website. Higher ed districts with multiple institutions are not eligible, but individual institutions within said district are. Several organizations can receive the seal. Willis, who was a student parent herself.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2024

The report’s conclusions urge institutions to find ways to engage this ever-growing population, particularly to help America achieve its 60% credential attainment goal for those between 25 and 64 years old by the year 2025.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 11, 2024

The new policy will go into effect in fall 2025, and will not apply to the upcoming cycle’s applicants. Stanford University will once again require applicants to submit standardized test scores, ending four years of a test-optional policy put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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JUNE 12, 2024

The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) is calling on Congress to take legislative action and require the Education Department to give colleges until July 2025 to comply with the reporting requirements in the new gainful employment and financial value transparency rule.

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Higher Education Inquirer

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

In the future, we will drill down into these numbers and examine revenues in subsets of public higher education, to include community colleges, HBCUs and other minority serving institutions, state universities, and flagship universities in various regions of the US.

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University Business

AUGUST 23, 2024

Retiring Barbara Altmann – Franklin and Marshall College (Pa.) Barbara Altmann, Franklin and Marshall College’s first female president, announced she would be retiring in July 2025. She will have served the liberal arts college for seven years when she steps down. Read University Business’ coverage here.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The major changes will be announced in early 2025. In 2025, to be considered an R1 doctoral university—one that exhibits “Very High Research Spending and Doctorate Production”—schools must expense $50 million or more in research spending and award 70 research doctorates.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 21, 2024

The merger is expected to take place by fall 2025. Presidents of the University of Findlay and Bluffton University, located 20 miles apart in Northwest Ohio, announced plans to merge on Wednesday. They signed a memorandum of understanding to join together as one institution that would still operate on the two campuses.

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