Symplicity

JUNE 20, 2024

Spain is experiencing a notable growth in the number of private universities, reflecting a booming educational trend. Let's analyse this issue and how Symplicity CSM can be the solution universities need.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 21, 2024

Non–tenure-track faculty members at two more private universities have voted to unionize. At Tulane University, full-time teaching faculty members voted 146 to 29 to unionize, the university said. The new union, Tulane Workers United, is affiliated with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Thomas trajectory to become the undisputed premier private university in the Midwest.” Vischer holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of New Orleans and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School. Amy Goldman, vice chair of St. Thomas’s Board of Trustees.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

We’re trying to be competitive against private universities who are discounting at larger rates every single year,” UMass President Marty Meehan said. colleges and universities offering tuition-free programs? Read more at MassLive. The post Why are more Mass.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 11, 2023

Three private universities in California say they admitted students in recent years who didn’t meet the institutions’ academic requirements.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 31, 2023

higher education institution or study abroad provider on the continent, the point is larger than the School for International Training , our nonprofit, accredited private university. While we believe we offer the largest program portfolios of any U.S.

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University Business

JUNE 26, 2024

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.

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Ray Schroeder

MARCH 15, 2024

The future of another private university in Wisconsin is in flux, as financial deficits cause upcoming layoffs. Concordia University announced cuts to staff and faculty are imminent at both its Mequon, Wis., and Ann Arbor, Michigan campuses.

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University Business

JANUARY 22, 2024

Rice University has set aside $33.75 million to settle an antitrust lawsuit filed against 17 prestigious private universities across the country accused of illegally running a scheme that limited the amount of financial aid given to students, according to the school’s financial statements for last year.

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Ray Schroeder

APRIL 25, 2024

University President Rob Vischer informed faculty and staff of the budget challenges in a letter this week and held a “budget town hall” on Friday at the O’Shaughnessy Education Center Auditorium in St. Thomas is Minnesota’s largest private university and one of the largest Catholic universities in the nation.

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The Guardian Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Private university to pay £37,000 after missing multiple deadlines and creating ‘significant regulatory risk’ The University of Buckingham has been fined by England’s higher education regulator for missing multiple deadlines to publish its audited accounts, creating “a significant regulatory risk” in the event of financial failure.

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Ray Schroeder

MARCH 27, 2024

Faculty layoffs and discounted degree programs are a result of West Virginia University's $45 million budget shortfall and declining enrollment, President E. Public universities aren't alone in their struggles. Gordon Gee said last year.

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Great College Advice

AUGUST 31, 2023

Some private universities offer a wide range of degree programs, including Bachelor’s, Masters, and doctorates. Or they can study engineering at more specialized public universities like the Colorado School of Mines or the Illinois Institute of Technology. These include Harvard , Princeton, Yale, Dartmouth, and Columbia.

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Ray Schroeder

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

About 8% of staff positions have been eliminated — putting 20 staffers out of a job — and the university leadership team has been restructured, according to school officials.

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The Guardian Higher Education

DECEMBER 21, 2022

In a university chat group for 38 classmates, a friend had shared a news report suggesting the Taliban had banned women from higher education. On Tuesday, Afghanistan’s ministry of higher education issued a letter to all government and private universities, ordering an indefinite ban on university education for women.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2024

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

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.

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Higher Education Education Financial Aid Private Universities 231

Ray Schroeder

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Aspects of the plan will include lowering tuition at state-owned universities, streamlining degree programs and funding institutions based, at least in part, on performance metrics. It also would mean more grant money, including for students who attend private universities in Pennsylvania.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

A new report details the 2021 pay grades of private university leaders across the country — including three presidents in the Pittsburgh region. The Chronicle’s report looked at 312 leaders at private colleges with expenditures of $100 million or more. million in 2021.

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University Business

MAY 5, 2023

The slog of private universities facing closure is extending beyond America’s mainland. The Board of Trustees of American University of Puerto Rico officially announced it is shutting down operations.

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University Business

APRIL 26, 2024

In March 2024, NBC 10 Boston reported that two Massachusetts colleges, Wellesley and Boston University, now have annual student costs exceeding the $90,000 barrier. While both of these institutions may be private, the cost of college tuition is noticeably increasing across the U.S. for both public and private universities alike.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The move from one of the US’s largest private universities, whose endowment totals over $5bn, represents a significant win for the climate movement, organizers said.

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University Business

AUGUST 24, 2023

If the results are certified, PhD students who work at Duke as teaching assistants and researchers will form the largest graduate student union at a private university in the South. The final vote count on Tuesday was 1,000 votes for the union to 131 against.

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University Business

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Musk’s plan to start a new university in Austin — already home to the flagship University of Texas at Austin and multiple other private universities — comes just as another new private school in the city plans to officially open to students in fall 2024. Read more from The Texas Tribune.

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University Business

JANUARY 2, 2024

A federal bankruptcy court in West Virginia has set a hearing for next month on the potential sale of a defunct private university’s campus. If any competing bid is submitted in writing by Jan. 26, an auction will be held on Jan. 31 at the U.S.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 11, 2023

Three private universities in California universities acknowledged to the state that in recent years they admitted some legacy students who did not meet their minimum admissions requirements, The San Francisco Chronicle reported.

Private Universities 54

Private Universities Admissions 54

Ray Schroeder

MAY 31, 2023

Medaille University, a nearly 150-year old private university in Buffalo, New York, is closing its doors after failing to sell itself to a nearby college. Universities across the country are facing more financial pressure as fewer students enroll and expenses rise.

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University Business

AUGUST 1, 2023

The test has found favor in recent years among some conservatives as an antidote to progressive influence , and it is now accepted by more than 200 predominantly private universities. The post Florida may become first state to accept a ‘classical’ alternative to the SAT and ACT appeared first on University Business.

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University Business

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The private university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, announced in September that it was suspending the men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs indefinitely, saying that, “Athletics has determined a program suspension is warranted, pending a full investigation by the University.”

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Ray Schroeder

APRIL 10, 2023

Lindenwood’s purchase allows it to expand into the career education sector and create a higher education system that can support a more diverse set of students, according to an FAQ on the university’s website. The acquisition will also diversify Lindenwood’s revenue streams, the private university said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Howard Bunsis, an accounting professor at Eastern Michigan University – calls into question Gallaudet's claims of fiscal hardship, which have been used to explain stagnant faculty and staff pay, the closure of academic programs, and the downsizing of scholarships and stipends.

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University Business

JUNE 13, 2023

While few of the nation’s “top schools” crack Oregon’s list of most applied-to colleges – which is dominated by public and private universities in Oregon – each year, ambitious Oregon graduates are among those chasing entry to the Ivy League, Stanford University and other ultra-elite universities.

Private Universities 52

Private Universities 52

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2024

Cho, who published a report on their findings in February, was surprised that several elite private universities with “very cut-throat types of cultures,” including Harvard, Dartmouth, and the University of Chicago, ranked at the top, they said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2023

Dominican also allocates $15,000 a year to compensate adjunct faculty for time spent attending professional development and university events, said Dr. Lindsey Dean, assistant dean for academic affairs at Dominican. Adjunct faculty have designated slots on key shared governance committees,” Behmand said.

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Ray Schroeder

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Earlier that morning, Board of Trustees Chair David Hall told faculty and staff via email that the private university faces an increasing deficit in its operating budget, projected then to be between $8-12 million, and likely needs to “realign costs and revenue” over the next two years.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The study was of 600 college freshmen at three private universities. Every additional hour of average nightly sleep early in the semester is associated with an 0.07-point point increase in end-of-term grade point average, according to study published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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University Business

DECEMBER 13, 2023

New York University and Columbia University are in danger of losing their tax exempt status, which translates to hundreds of millions of dollars a year. A bill being introduced would repeal the tax-exempt status of private universities that received property tax exemptions of $100 million or more during the prior year.

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