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Profiling Some of the Institutions With the Most Minority Business Graduates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

While there are many undergraduates and graduate students aiming for careers in banking or finance, there are also entrepreneurs, innovators, people interested in hospital administration, and others seeking positions at nonprofit organizations. The career goals and objectives of business students have evolved greatly over the past decade.

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Iowa Wesleyan University announces closure

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The governor’s office responded in a press statement that Reynolds “made the difficult decision to not pursue the university’s funding request” following an independent assessment of IWU’s finances that revealed “systemic financial issues” that would not be solved by a cash infusion.

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Why Worry?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Community colleges failing to fulfill their mission. Community Colleges The Hechinger Report, a higher ed news source not given to hyperbole or scare headlines, recently posted an alarming article entitled : “‘The reckoning is here’: More than a third of community college students have vanished.

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More colleges will likely face closure in 2023, experts say

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The for-profit Living Arts College closed abruptly after the shutdown of the embattled Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges & Schools and blamed the federal government for its demise.

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A president proposes steep job cuts to save his institution

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The crisis had been partly obscured, he said, by COVID-19 relief funds that had flowed from the federal government during the coronavirus pandemic—money that the university couldn’t count on for long. “Federal money was really masking the fact that we were already underwater,” Bailey said.

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Five ways to help students take smart sustainability actions (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Universities can support these initiatives with dedicated staff who can identify community partners, arrange field visits, and sustain the long-term partnerships required for effective community collaborations. Partner with local governments.

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Australia asks universities to show they merit the title

Confessions of a Community College Dean

It said it would look for evidence of “sustained research quality,” including adequate governance and investment. Last year TEQSA reversed its decision not to award university college status to a Christian education provider that had subsequently appealed to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.