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For HSIs, “Servingness” is a Journey, Not an Endpoint

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

My journey from the barrios of Albuquerque to a career in higher education is a testament to the power of commitment—and coaching. This simple enrollment threshold, coupled with an increase in the Latine population in higher education, has caused the ranks of HSIs to swell — from less than 200 in 1990, when the U.S.

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Impacting Policy and Creating Greater Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Hines, I want to merge this with helping underserved communities, especially in education, closing the opportunity gap and making sure that students will have the opportunity to develop their potential and be academically successful if they have the right support systems in place,’” says Hines. “A

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Help Wanted

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The federal government projects that more than 203,000 new registered nurse (RN) positions will be created each year from 2021 to 2031, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). But a November 2022 article in U.S. Information was not provided about new nursing hire recruitment.

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Most popular stories: Here is UB’s top 10 for 2024

University Business

Whether it was news of a recent college closure or a forecast of the severity of the demographic cliff, the most popular stories of 2024 centered on the changing makeup of higher education institutions. A shrinking number of institutions in the market may breed fiercer competition. Read the story. College closures are surging.

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Confidence in college: Has it collapsed? Better think again

University Business

But “many of these articles are getting the story wrong,” says the latest analysis from New America, a research organization and think tank that is taking a deeper look into what it calls “college declinism.” Feelings about higher education are driven by politics. ” U.S.

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More colleges will likely face closure in 2023, experts say

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Presentation College in South Dakota announced its impending closure this week, making it the latest higher education casualty in a sector squeezed by slumping enrollment and rising costs.

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When Banks Lost Control of the Student Loan Mess

Higher Education Inquirer

We also find critical historical analysis essential when we think about US higher education and student loan debt from a People's perspective. In a previous article we said Best and Best's classic The Student Loan Mess needed to be updated and reexamined.

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