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Undergraduate enrollment climbs for first time since the pandemic, despite freshmen drop-off

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above 2021, according to preliminary data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Impressive enrollment rates at community colleges, undergraduate certificates and private for-profit universities (which experienced a 6.4% Undergraduate enrollment this fall has increased for the first time since the pandemic, 2.1%

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Coursera is Evolving into a Third-Wave EdTech Company

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This was followed by Louisiana Tech summer programming series open to faculty and staff that is banded to include professional development opportunities for employees across all campuses within the University of Louisiana Systems. A multi-sided market also offers some benefits to the educational mission relative to other models.

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EdTech Malaise: “He Not Busy Born is Busy Dying”

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Despite all of the complaints about how bad textbooks are and how clueless these companies are, the relationship between textbook publishers and faculty is unusually intimate. You can fairly accuse the textbook publishers of many different faults and sins, but not taking faculty input seriously isn’t one of them.

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Here are 6 promising higher ed predictions for 2025

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” More from UB: See which state is the latest to erase DEI More than half of the executives surveyed in a joint research initiative published last August said their institutions are beginning to shift their priorities to match the growing demand for online degrees. And as federal AI regulations in the U.S.

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Higher Ed Mergers and Acquisitions Activity with Gerry Czarnecki | Changing Higher Ed 011

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The second strategy is an acquisition, which is how the National University System is expanding its doctoral offerings. NU acquired Northcentral University (pending appropriate WSCUC and DOE approvals), an online for-profit university that offers mostly graduate education programs at the master and doctoral levels.

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Mergers and Acquisitions In Higher Education: Mature and Declining Markets Give Rise to M&A Activity in Higher Ed

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The second strategy is acquisition, which is how the National University System is expanding its doctoral offerings. NU acquired Northcentral University (pending appropriate WSCUC and DOE approvals), an online for-profit university that offers mostly graduate education programs at the master’s and doctoral levels.

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The Polarization of Higher Education: Increasing Political Takeover in the Ivory Tower

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Unfortunately, higher education isnt immune to this conflict Policymakers, faculty, students, outside agitators, and college athletes all have stepped up to voice their concerns among the ivy-covered walls and ivory towers of higher education. Texas was an early and key battleground state in this divisiveness.