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Agriculture Department Attempts to Keep Rural Colleges and Universities Afloat

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Secretary Tom Vilsack “Beyond the educational prospects, these institutions support small businesses who depend on the student and faculty population, and they make their communities a more attractive place to live,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. They generate opportunity.”

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3 Enrollment Boosting Strategies for Accredited Institutions: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 178 with Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Dr. David R. Decker

The Change Leader, Inc.

Franklin University, which primarily serves non-traditional, part-time adult learners, offers a unique perspective on higher education growth. “Backing into Costs” for Tuition Decker emphasizes that pricing in higher education should go beyond an institution’s needs. About Our Podcast Guest Dr. David R.

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Advocacy group survey: Faculty fear backlash for free speech

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: The authors of a new survey and report on faculty members’ free speech views concluded that they generally oppose punishing free expression. Faculty members also express more support for what the report, released Tuesday, labels “soft authoritarianism. four-year public and private nonprofit universities.

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A better way to address revenue sharing and online marketing (letter)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Department of Education is now considering changes to its guidelines addressing how outside providers bundle the services they offer to colleges and universities and to the regulations that define and govern third-party servicers. At this point, nearly every nonprofit university in the U.S. The strategy worked.

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Report: U of Arkansas system may buy University of Phoenix

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” Hinkel added that the university system has been exploring new educational markets, especially in online education. Also, this week’s regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas does not have this item on its agenda, Hinkel said. It could be.”

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President moves: Yale taps next leader, plus more hires abound

University Business

Tuskegee University has found a new president in Mark Brown, a retired Air Force major general with decades of experience in the military and education leadership. Department of Education Office of Federal Student Aid, overseeing $1.7 McInnis has forged a strong track record as a higher education leader ahead of her appointment.