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U of Idaho President Seems To Temper His Cheerleading for U of Phoenix Purchase (David Halperin)

Higher Education Inquirer

Scott Green seemed a little less committed to the deal he has relentlessly touted for more than a year and a half for his school to buy, for $685 million, the huge for-profit University of Phoenix from private equity giant Apollo Global Management. According to Idaho Education News , Green said the next move was Apollos.

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How Post University’s Career Readiness Model Can Help Not-For-Profit Universities and Graduates: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 172 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Camille Dumont

The Change Leader, Inc.

In this podcast episode, Dr. Drumm McNaughton speaks with Director Camille Dumont of the Center for Career and Professional Development (CCPD) about how she aligned career services with academia at Post University to better prepare students for the workforce. Drumm McNaughton 14:44 Which makes perfect sense.

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Where are the future students in Myanmar?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

In March, according to media coverage , 160,000 high school students took the examinations needed to enter a university—fewer than a fifth of the 910,000 who took them in 2019, the last year before COVID-19 and when Myanmar had a civilian government.

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Coursera is Evolving into a Third-Wave EdTech Company

eLiterate

Traditional university degree programs and workforce development initiatives often lack a solid connection to today’s in-demand jobs and are often not equipped to adapt to the fast-changing skilled landscape and evolving employer expectations. They need 3.3 million more professors to serve 35 million more students.

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College and University Closures – Transparency in Higher Ed

The Change Leader, Inc.

College and university closures. According to a recent article in The Chronicle of Higher Education, closures of four-year, private, and not-for-profit universities and colleges in 2017 are expected to triple from the current average rate of five per year. There is another strategic path institutions can take to prevent closure.

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Strategic Planning for Declining College Enrollment: Don’t Panic about Declining College Enrollment Numbers

The Change Leader, Inc.

The biggest drop by far comes from non-traditional students who have given up on for-profit universities as a way of advancing their technical skills or getting an advanced degree. The decline was significantly higher for male students (1.9 percent) than for female students (1.0

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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.

00:07:48] David Decker: So, we’re not for profit, but we’re not for loss either. Somebody told me a while back that for-profit universities have a profit mentality versus nonprofit, that they pay taxes with their profits. You have to sustain yourself. [00:07:54]