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The College of Saint Rose to Close Permanently at the End of School Year

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

According to a 2022 study, 47% of students at schools that closed transferred to another one – and 26% of them took at least a year off before returning – meaning only about a third of students immediately continued education after school closure. The transferability of all of their academic credits also remains uncertain.

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Colleges Are More Than Just an Education but a Capital Investment into Our Future

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

According to the Government Accountability Office, “The median endowment for HBCUs is half that of other colleges and universities of the same size.” As the rash of college closures in recent years demonstrates, many of those institutions lack significant revenues to remain solvent and have ceased operating.

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Hochul Proposes Nearly $7.5B for Higher Ed in FY24

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

New York State governor Kathy Hochul has released her budget proposal for the 2024 fiscal year, featuring almost $7.5 billion in higher ed spending—a 13% increase from this year’s spending and a 22% increase from the 2022 budget proposed by her predecessor, Andrew Cuomo.

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Report Finds 100% of Incarcerated Borrowers in Default, Limiting their Access to Pell Grants

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For a long time, we’ve known that people who are able to access continuing education opportunities while incarcerated have better outcomes when they’re released,” said Saddler. Every incarcerated borrower in the SBPC’s study would be prevented from accessing Pell funds and thus, from participating in most higher ed in prison programs.

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Leading in complexity: Are higher education leaders ready for the age of austerity?

SRHE

The perils of academic self-governance One of the studys most compelling findings is the tension between traditional academic self-governance and the need for growing professionalisation of higher education leadership. Prof Dr Robert Perich is Academic Director, Swiss School of Public Governance SSPG, D-MTEC, ETH Zurich.

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Embracing a New Model for Higher Ed Governance Part 5: Board Improvement: Building a Culture of Continuous Board Improvement and Accountability

The Change Leader, Inc.

The fifth and last installment in our series explores how higher education can reflect the ever-changing landscape of society and industry to meet their needs and expectations. At The Change Leader, we propose a culture of continuous board improvement and accountability as a way to avoid the detrimental impact of stagnant governance.

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Here are 3 ways the international student landscape is changing

University Business

America’s lack of gun control has alarmed both Chinese citizens and their government, with China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs calling the U.S.’ ” The “appetite and demand” for continuing education modules at the University of Toronto has continued to grow in the seven years Mavo-Navarro has worked there.