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Legacy Admissions Hit Historic Low as More States Ban Practice at U.S. Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Several more states are expected to introduce similar legislation in 2025. The report challenges several common defenses of legacy admissions, including arguments that they help build campus community or are necessary for fundraising. institutions still using the practice located in the Empire State.

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Thomas to Retire from Morehouse in 2025

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Thomas "In my inaugural address, I promised to do the absolute best I could for Morehouse, and I have since risen each day dedicated to delivering on that promise," said Thomas, who retires June 30, 2025. He is credited with overseeing substantial infrastructure and record fundraising at Morehouse. "It

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Dr. Lisa Cardoza, American River College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She previously served as Vice President for University Advancement at Sacramento State leading its first comprehensive fundraising campaign, On the Rise, raising nearly $240 million. Prior to that role, she was Chief of Staff and interim Vice Presidents for Advancement and for Human Resources to President Robert S.

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Is this the first college closing announced in 2025?

University Business

24) College closings are expected to uptick over the next five years due to the demographic cliff, and Northland College may be the first of 2025. million fundraising effort provided by over one thousand donations saved the school from closing last spring. The first stages of approval will begin summer of 2025. (Updated: Feb.

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HBCU Advancement Teams: Don't Underestimate the Power of the Individual Donor

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For over 20 years, I have been an avid reader of the Giving USA Report on Philanthropic Giving, an annual report on fundraising in America produced by the Indiana University Lily Family School of Philanthropy. Each June, I eagerly await its release and subsequently use it to direct my fundraising strategy for the ensuing year.

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Dr. Kathy E. Johnson, University of New Orleans

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She has a record of achievement in a number of areas including student success, enrollment management, faculty development, research, academic program quality, strategic initiatives and partnerships, equity and inclusion, and fundraising.

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Saint Augustine's Plans Lawsuit After Denied Accreditation Appeal

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

27, upheld a decision to revoke accreditation for the historically Black university and deny an extension of “Probation for Good Cause” until December 2025. The commission’s appeals committee, on Feb. The HBCU’s accreditation was terminated in December 2023, as it struggled with financial management issues. Dr. Marcus H.

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