Higher Education Inquirer

APRIL 19, 2023

US higher education enrollment has been declining slowly and consistently since 2011. The declines have been small enough for many people outside of higher education to miss this phenomenon. In 2026 and 2027 we expect a more significant drop: a result of declining fertility rates during the 2008-2009 recession. Who's Next?

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University Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

While some campuses are still struggling to meet the moment of generative AI, several community colleges are collaborating with regional employers to ensure their students won’t be left behind by a disrupted workforce.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JUNE 29, 2023

The History of Higher Education in the US over the last 4 centuries is worse than horrible--from a People's perspective. At the front end of the higher ed pipeline, the US is not producing enough domestic students with the resources or skills to succeed in college and beyond. In many cases it has been horrifying. Much of it has not.

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University Business

JANUARY 24, 2025

Baucom’s efforts to champion higher education to produce civic-minded citizens fits well with the mission at his new institution, he said. billion by 2026. Suzanne Walsh – Bennett College (N.C.) Bennett College President Suzanne Walsh will be stepping down on June 30 following six years in the position.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

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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Higher Education Inquirer

OCTOBER 29, 2023

While COVID eliminated hundreds of thousands of older Americans from the dependency rolls, higher education experts have not expressed the profound effect that the Baby Boomers reaching their 80s will have on state budgets. In 2026, the year we expect an enrollment cliff, the first Boomers will turn 80.

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University Business

APRIL 19, 2023

Students are beginning to voice their frustration with the “faceless bureaucracies” of community colleges 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.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 15, 2023

The University of Holy Cross, in Louisiana, will reduce the size of its faculty from 74 to 60 by 2026, 4WWL News reported. In the future, the university’s focus will be on mental health counseling, nursing, health sciences, biology, business and education, he added. Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?:

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Image: The educators charged with developing the new civics curriculum for Arizona’s public universities have their work cut out for them. The state already requires students to pass a citizenship test to graduate high school, so the college-level offering has to go deeper. Dovi is scheduled to teach one of the survey courses.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The National Association of Colleges and Employers’ 2022 Student Survey found that graduating seniors who used career center services received more job offers on average, compared to their peers who did not.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 24, 2023

“About 10 years ago, universities began to feel the impact of shrinking domestic student populations, constant brain drain and diminishing funding for core programs,” Salvatore Cuzzocrea, rector of the University of Messina and president of the Conference of Italian University Rectors, told Times Higher Education.

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University Business

OCTOBER 18, 2024

In education, staying still is equivalent to moving backwards. Our world is changing far too quickly, and the traditional educational models just aren’t always sufficient in preparing students for the challenges they’ll face after graduation. More from UB: College closures are surging. This isn’t a theoretical exercise.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

” The union’s news release said, “Temple administration’s current proposal increases the base salary for graduate employees to just $22,500 by 2026.” The union] members would continue to receive free tuition for their programs of study, on average, valued at about $20,000.” Hide by line?:

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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

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 community colleges. More folks were moving into the growing educated underclass. Elements of College Meltdown 2.0

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University Business

JULY 25, 2024

Lucchese says on the district’s website that he is eager to learn from students’ and faculty’s “experiences and expertise across such a wide range of creative disciplines, from music education, dance, and theater to management, production, performance, music therapy, and more.” Pharr, Pitt Community College (N.C.)

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 14, 2023

The University of Holy Cross, in Louisiana, will reduce the size of its faculty from 74 to 60 by 2026, 4WWL News reported. In the future, the university’s focus will be on mental health counseling, nursing, health sciences, biology, business and education, he added. Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?:

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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

In 2013, Futurist Bryan Alexander aptly talked about peak college enrollment in the United States. And over the last decade or so, higher education enrollment has declined in almost every state. People can watch the College Meltdown in real time at thelayoff.com. College is expensive and time consuming for working folks.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 22, 2023

million by the 2026–27 academic year, according to current forecasts. Only one program has been targeted for elimination at SOU: a master’s degree in environmental education. But officials say that without the ambitious realignment plan, the university’s financial deficit could grow to $14.6

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

million in fiscal year 2026–27—over four times the $3 million annual cost that Chapel Hill provost Chris Clemens cited to faculty. “I’m going to accelerate the development by giving the whole question over to the faculty in their committee for oversight of the general education curriculum,” he said.

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EAB

OCTOBER 18, 2022

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 community colleges is down about 21%. You had mentioned, I think you said a 14% decline in community college enrollment.

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Higher Education Inquirer

OCTOBER 9, 2024

We urge Chancellors King and Matos Rodríguez, Chairs Tisch and Thompson, and Governor Hochul to make New York State the national leader in college affordability and in advancing the mission of public higher education. Thompson, Jr.,

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University Business

MARCH 25, 2025

Hiring Megan Coval – Butler County Community College (Penn.) Megan Coval has been promoted to permanent leader of Butler County Community College. Michael Hill – Randolph-Macon College (Va.) More from UB: How big is the money portfolio in the Department of Education? Retiring Forrest E.

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Higher Education Inquirer

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Related links: College Meltdown 3.0 2022) State Universities and the College Meltdown (2022) "20-20": Many US States Have Seen Enrollment Drops of More Than 20 Percent (2022) US Department of Education Projects Increasing Higher Ed Enrollment From 2024-2030. Related links: College Meltdown 3.0 What enrollment cliff ?

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Higher Education Inquirer

MAY 14, 2024

Since 2016, the Higher Education Inquirer has documented the College Meltdown as a series of demographic and business trends making US higher education of decreasing value to working-class and middle-class folks. This despite the commonly-held belief that college is the only way to improve social mobility.

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University Business

APRIL 4, 2025

Helen Castellanos Brewer – College of the Mainland (Texas) Helen Castellanos Brewer is the sole finalist for the presidency at The College of the Mainland. Baker University is tapping Jody Fournier as the 31st president of the oldest college in Kansas. Jody Fournier – Baker University (Kan.)

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The Change Leader, Inc.

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Despite the focus of many on research and publications, institutions of higher education wouldnt be what they are without students. This blog the last of the series looks at the future of the student population and the changing student demographics for higher education. A July 2018 U.S.

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Higher Education Inquirer

AUGUST 30, 2022

The US Department of Education (ED) continues to paint rosy projections about higher education enrollment despite harsh economic and demographic realities--and increasing skepticism about the value of college degrees. And the enrollment cliff of 2026, a ripple effect of the 2008 Great Recession, is now just around the corner.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 30, 2024

In a blow for immigration advocates, the Education Department decided against expanding some TRIO programs to undocumented students. Colleges will have to submit to the federal government new data on their distance education programs under a batch of new rules the Biden administration finalized Monday.

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Higher Education Inquirer

APRIL 30, 2025

April 2025 HELU Chairs Message May Day Strong From Levin Kim, HELU Chair Over the first 100 days of the Trump Administration, higher ed workers from coast to coast have been fighting back against attacks on critical lifesaving research, on immigrant workers, on education and research in the public interest.

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