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PROOF POINTS: 861 colleges and 9,499 campuses have closed down since 2004 - Jill Barshay, Hechinger Report

Economics and Change in Higher Education

Despite high profile stories about the closing of small liberal arts colleges, such as California’s Mills College and Vermont’s Green Mountain College, college closures have actually declined in the past five years. But the numbers may spike again as declining U.S. First, the numbers.

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Notre Dame College Rugby Moving to Walsh University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Walsh University will be the new home of Notre Dame College men’s and women’s Rugby teams the university announced. “I I cannot express enough how happy we are to find a home at Walsh University as a Rugby program,” said Notre Dame College Director of Rugby Operations Jason Fox. We hope to make Walsh proud.”

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Chris V. Rey Appointed President of Barber-Scotia College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Rey will become president of Barber-Scotia College, effective Jul. I look forward to rolling up my sleeves and working with the board of trustees, students, faculty, staff, alumni, and other stakeholders to bring this historic college back to prominence,” Rey said. “We 17, the Independent Tribune reported. one of the U.S.’s

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Finlandia University is the latest private college to fall

University Business

.” The school’s enrollment—and consequently its revenue—has suffered from a dwindling pool of local high school students and a lack of interest among those graduates for a college education, according to the Board’s letter. The majority of those schools were also small private colleges with a theological background.

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Kudos to Black/Diverse Issues for Four Decades of Truth, Insight, Vision, and Integrity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It was no small undertaking to challenge the operations and values of colleges and universities, while at the same time soliciting advertisements from them to undergird the fiscal stability of this upstart publication and all the while maintaining journalistic integrity and publication standards.

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5 Hip-Hop Quotes to Inspire College Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

McCool Whether you are analyzing Ye’s multiplatinum and highly regarded debut album “College Dropout” or J. Cole’s common references to his days as a college student at St. One major key to success in college is thoroughly reviewing and critiquing your work before a professor can. Dr. Jeremy C.

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Black Enrollees at HBCUs More Likely to Obtain Bachelor’s Degrees

Insight Into Diversity

A new study finds that African American students who initially enroll at historically Black colleges or universities (HBCUs) are nearly 15 percent more likely to graduate and have a 5 percent higher income by age 30 than those who do not enroll at HBCUs. million Black students who took the SAT between 2004 and 2010.

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