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Experts Gathered to Discuss Challenges Facing Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Paul Getty Trust, which funds research and visual art preservation, and Dr. Josef Sorett, dean of Columbia College at Columbia University and vice president for undergraduate education. Public universities and private universities all have very different kinds of funding allocations,” said Dirks. Dr. Nicholas B.

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New Partnership Aims to Diversify Medical Device Sales

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Mercy is the largest private institution in New York that also qualifies as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) with 44% of their student population identifying as Latinx.

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Opinion: The Secret That Colleges Should Stop Keeping

University Business

Since the 201415 school year, the cost of attending a public four-year university has fallen by 21 percent, before adjusting for inflation, according to College Board data analyzed by Judith Scott-Clayton, a professor of economics and education at Columbia Universitys Teachers College.

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A New Era of Accountability: The Case for Taxing Universities with Legacy Admissions.

Higher Education Inquirer

Critics argue that these policies disproportionately benefit wealthy, predominantly white families, perpetuating cycles of privilege and inequality in higher education. However, a new idea has emerged: what if universities that maintain legacy admissions policies were taxed?

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At a time when the Latino population in the United States is growing and students are still facing daunting obstacles, Excelencia in Education is recognizing nine institutions for their clear and decisive commitment to Latino student success with the Seal of Excelencia. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students.

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FAFSA delayed until Dec. 31: How does this complicate your admissions team?

University Business

Colleges and universities’ admissions and enrollment teams were already preparing for one of the most complicated years in financial aid history with the release of FAFSA Simplification. ” However, one university’s decision to roll out its own financial aid forms is looking all the wiser now. .

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Are latest layoffs at this university a first look at the FAFSA fiasco’s consequences?

University Business

Lindenwood University recently announced it’s letting go of 12 staff members and two faculty members and may decide not fill up to 50 positions in order to help cut its operating budget by 10%, St. Other mid-sized private universities have made similar moves. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.