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The college closings of 2024—and what lies beyond

University Business

A flurry of colleges and universities have shuttheir doors following the pandemic, and 2024 didn’t show signs of slowing down. Chances are closings will continue to uptick as higher education braces for the expected demographic cliff. Centuries of serving higher education erased.

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Is this the first college closing announced in 2025?

University Business

The institution attempts to mitigate its growing budget deficit through a combination of solutions: selling assets, requesting loans, cutting staff and/or academic programs. Centuries of serving higher education erased. Those that continue to face financial exigency may escape a closure through a merger or acquisition.

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The Value of Micro-Credentials for Higher Ed Institutions: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 154 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Matt Frank

The Change Leader, Inc.

It’s worth the experimentation for a school to invest in at least a small part of a micro-credentialing program that they feel speaks to their strengths. This led him to the Salesforce ecosystem, where he worked for multiple award-winning ISV partners focused on nonprofits, NGOs, associations, and higher ed.

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This for-profit college has 3 tips to improve your students’ ROI

University Business

As skeptical as the Biden administration may be about the return on investment (ROI) for-profit institutions provide, one college may be a guiding post for higher education at large, hoping to graduate more students with good career prospects and low financial baggage.

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These 2 colleges avoided closings in March by merger, acquisition

University Business

The institution attempts to mitigate its growing budget deficit through a combination of solutions: selling assets, requesting loans, cutting staff and/or academic programs. Centuries of serving higher education erased. Those that continue to face financial exigency may escape a closure through a merger or acquisition.

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Reflections on 2018 and Predictions for 2019: with Drumm McNaughton | Changing Higher Ed Podcast 012

The Change Leader, Inc.

However, the more relevant reason for many of these closures is the lifecycle and current operating environment of higher education. Some of those mergers were huge ( Purdue acquiring Kaplan , Strayer acquiring Capella, National University System acquiring Northcentral ). We continue to see higher education closures.