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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University Business

JANUARY 24, 2025

Ian Baucom, Middlebury College Ian Baucom, the current provost and executive vice president of the University of Virginia, has been selected to lead Middlebury College beginning July. Taylor Professor of English at Virginia and previously served as dean of its College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences for eight years.

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Higher Education Inquirer

APRIL 19, 2023

In 2026 and 2027 we expect a more significant drop: a result of declining fertility rates during the 2008-2009 recession. So where does US higher education enrollment go after 2026? College Meltdown: NY, IL, MI, PA, VA hardest hit Community Colleges at the Heart of College Meltdown Who's Next?

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Higher Education Inquirer

OCTOBER 29, 2023

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, community colleges and non-flagship state universities are likely to face more austerity. US birth rates have been declining for more than six decades.

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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. The university said most of those impacted by the change will be instructors of general studies.

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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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Higher Education Inquirer

JUNE 29, 2023

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 2026 we expect an enrollment cliff to occur, a ripple effect of the 2008 Great Recession. [Editor's Note: What we saw today at the US Supreme Court is horrible but not shocking.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

But state legislators recently told Al.com that given the college’s private status, it is unlikely to receive such a bailout. Alabama House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter told Al.com that pumping state dollars into a private college would set the wrong precedent. What’s the next college or what’s the next big issue?”

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 14, 2023

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 university says graduate student workers currently have an average annual salary of $20,700. The union has said it’s actually $19,500.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

While it can be intimidating or burdensome to a first-year student to consider life after college, starting small with different processes like a skills assessment can begin to drive career readiness, VanDerziel shares. There’s a communications gap,” VanDerziel says. Get students thinking about career prep early.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

At U of A, the survey course will be piloted this fall, with the full requirement going into effect in fall 2026. Dovi is scheduled to teach one of the survey courses. While the center is not associated with the new requirement, it shares a similar goal of increasing “confidence” in American institutions, he said.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 7, 2023

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. In 2010 it was discovered that errors in administering financial aid cost the college millions of dollars, which then prompted layoffs.

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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. We deserve a contract that reflects our value to the university.” ” The union says it represents nearly 750 of these employees.

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University Business

OCTOBER 18, 2024

More from UB: College closures are surging. What makes CCA so effective is its partnerships—whether it’s with local colleges, industry leaders or K12 school districts. 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.

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University Business

JULY 25, 2024

Abiódún “G-P” Gòkè-Pariolá Abiódún “G-P” Gòkè-Pariolá will lead North Central College for a transitional period as the college’s board does not expect to launch a national presidential search before spring 2026. Gòkè-Pariolá has served as North Central College’s provost and vice president for academic affairs since 2015.

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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. Click on the image to see the chart (Source: Seeking Alpha) College Meltdown 2.0 It's a Long Story.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 22, 2023

million by the 2026–27 academic year, according to current forecasts. Image: Facing a budget deficit of $5 million, Southern Oregon University is considering a realignment plan that will include deep cuts, which its president says are necessary to right the ship financially.

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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. The university said most of those impacted by the change will be instructors of general studies.

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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. So this is an effort to try to remedy that with the School of Civic Life and Leadership, which will provide equal opportunity for both views to be taught.” million next year but $12.7

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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

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?

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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%. Welcome guys. How you doing? Ted McKown: Good, how are you doing? AA: Doing good, doing good.

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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. Marcus Long, South Dakota’s longest serving college president, announced his plans to retire at the end of 2025.

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Higher Education Inquirer

OCTOBER 9, 2024

We encourage Governor Hochul to take the national stage with the boldest Executive Budget proposal for SUNY’s 64 campuses and CUNY’s 25 campuses in New York State history in State Fiscal Year 2026 (SFY26). Thompson, Jr.,

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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. Retiring Dwight Fennell – Texas College Dwight Fennel, president of Texas College since 2008, announced his plans to retire at the end of June 2026.

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Higher Education Inquirer

MAY 14, 2024

This despite the commonly-held belief that college is the only way to improve social mobility. From 2011 onward, the College Meltdown was most visible with for-profit colleges and community colleges, but other non-elite schools and for-profit businesses were also affected. What enrollment cliff?

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The Change Leader, Inc.

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Furthermore, Nathan Grawe, a professor of social sciences at Carleton College and author of the Higher Education Demand Index (HEDI), projects that demographic changes caused by the economic downturn in 2008 could mean a 15-percent decline in the number of typical students attending college by 2026.

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Higher Education Inquirer

AUGUST 30, 2022

And the enrollment cliff of 2026, a ripple effect of the 2008 Great Recession, is now just around the corner. Related link: Millennials are the first generation to prove a college degree may not be worth it, and Gen Z may be next (Chloe Berger, Forbes/Yahoo Finance) Related link: America’s Colleges & Universities Awarded $12.5

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