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Outgoing University of Arizona president Robert Robbins is officially leaving his role next month but will continue to collect a paycheck through July 2026, The Arizona Daily Star reported.
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.
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.
There are 116 communitycolleges in California. Carey Seventy percent of Black men in California pursuing higher education attend a communitycollege, but degree attainment lags. Serving students Lakeland CommunityCollege in Ohio created its MRC in 1996 after seeing the success of its women’s center.
If signed into law, the bill’s new data collection requirements would go into effect on or before the start of the 2026–27 academic year. Assemblymember Marc Berman California state legislators are considering a bill designed to ensure that students who are parents can get the most out of their student financial aid.
Georgetown University is joining the Common App, the most popular college application platform in the country, starting in fall 2026, according to reporting from The Hoya, the universitys student newspaper.
Ambrose will operate Mount Mercy as an independent institution through 2026, when St. Under the arrangement, which was approved by the two universities’ boards last week but still requires regulatory approvals, St. Ambrose will become Mount Mercy’s parent organization and operate it as the Mount Mercy Campus of St. Ambrose University.
1, it will be implemented by July 2026 at the earliest. Last month, the Department of Education asked for input on the proposed regulations; the comment period closed this past Friday. If the proposal is finalized before Nov.
Steven Thrasher, an assistant journalism professor who tried to block police from breaking up a pro-Palestinian encampment at Northwestern University last spring, announced he was denied tenure and will lose his job in August 2026, the end of the next academic year.
Johns Hopkins University officials announced Friday that the university will once again require applicants to submit standardized test scores starting in fall 2026, phasing out the test-optional policy adopted in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
While some campuses are still struggling to meet the moment of generative AI, several communitycolleges are collaborating with regional employers to ensure their students won’t be left behind by a disrupted workforce.
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Doug Binsfeld – Northern Maine CommunityCollege The Main CommunityCollege System president and board of trustees have announced their approval of hiring Doug Binsfeld to head Northern Maine CommunityCollege. billion by 2026. Suzanne Walsh – Bennett College (N.C.)
Students will be able to choose from dozens of different courses across various disciplinesincluding STEM, English, ethnic studies and historyto satisfy the requirement, which is set to take effect as early as fall 2026.
In 2026, the year we expect an enrollment cliff, the first Boomers will turn 80. However, unless there are dramatic cuts in the US healthcare system, K-12 education, and prisons, communitycolleges and non-flagship state universities are likely to face more austerity.
Students are beginning to voice their frustration with the “faceless bureaucracies” of communitycolleges as they navigate their supposed potential for a viable career prospect. By 2026, AZ Central predicts Maricopa’s system will produce 5,464 nursing graduates at all levels.
The University of Holy Cross, in Louisiana, will reduce the size of its faculty from 74 to 60 by 2026, 4WWL News reported. The university said most of those impacted by the change will be instructors of general studies.
Whatever the case, the new contract will raise minimum pay for graduate student workers to $24,000 effective immediately, and to $27,000 by 2026. The union has said it’s actually $19,500. Last month’s rejected agreement would have raised pay to less than $24,000 total.
The private Alabama college has made appeals to state and local authorities in recent months, requesting a $37.5 Birmingham-Southern has also launched an effort to raise $200 million by May 2026. million lifeline, which lawmakers have not delivered , despite concerns of closure.
funds, 40 percent of which is intentionally set apart for southern regions, to triple the number of beds available for out-of-town students, bringing the total nationwide from 40,000 to 105,000 by 2026. More widely, the government has set aside €960 million (more than $1 billion) from those E.U.
One approach: at the College of William & Mary, career development is a key portion of the institution’s strategic plan, Vision 2026 , and its office of Career Development and Professional Engagement has promoted experiential learning through scholarships and its campus partners.
By the 2025-2026 school year, we’re planning to expand into pathways for medical and public safety careers, providing even more options for students to explore. His work in higher education and community-building highlights the growing recognition that these partnerships are key to student success. This isn’t a theoretical exercise.
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The first wave of the College Meltdown (2010-2021) resulted in a slow and steady drop in overall US college enrollment , with dramatic losses among for-profit colleges and communitycolleges. Click on the image to see the chart (Source: Seeking Alpha) College Meltdown 2.0
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Reduced populations of college age people, economic distress, growing inequality, and migration are some of the interacting factors. College is expensive and time consuming for working folks. Many are not. Who's Next?
million by the 2026–27 academic year, according to current forecasts. Faculty are questioning the cuts, which some fear will harm the university’s celebrated theater program. But officials say that without the ambitious realignment plan, the university’s financial deficit could grow to $14.6
million in fiscal year 2026–27—over four times the $3 million annual cost that Chapel Hill provost Chris Clemens cited to faculty. ” A draft budget memo , provided Tuesday to Inside Higher Ed in response to an open records request, projects the school would cost about $3.5 million next year but $12.7
MS: And then, I feel like a Debbie Downer to start off this call, but really what is going on is that all of these factors are compounded by as we look out into the future, first-time enrollment at communitycolleges is down about 21%. You had mentioned, I think you said a 14% decline in communitycollege enrollment.
Hiring Megan Coval – Butler County CommunityCollege (Penn.) Megan Coval has been promoted to permanent leader of Butler County CommunityCollege. Duquesne University announced that President Ken Gormley will step down in July 2026.
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Vice president of Boston College’s ministry school, Butler is responsible for all programs and initiatives that promote the private school’s Jesuit Catholic mission and culture. He will assume the role in summer 2026 once Boston College’s current president, William Leahy, steps down.
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At U of A, the survey course will be piloted this fall, with the full requirement going into effect in fall 2026. The state’s two other public four-year universities will devise their own way of fulfilling the American Institutions requirement, mandated by the Board of Regents in 2021. Is this diversity newsletter?:
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And the enrollment cliff of 2026, a ripple effect of the 2008 Great Recession, is now just around the corner. Related link: College Meltdown 2.2: The Covid pandemic of 2020 to 2022 made matters worse with domestic and foreign enrollment-- (temporarily) ameliorated by government bailouts and untested online education.
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