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Fontbonne University, faced with dwindling enrollment, to close in 2025

University Business

Fontbonne University will close in 2025, a decision that follows years of dwindling enrollment and financial losses at the 100-year-old Clayton-based liberal arts institution. Fontbonne’s board voted Sunday to “declare financial exigency” and close the university after its 2025 summer term. Read more from KSDK.

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President moves: Administrators prove popular picks as next leader on the job

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He plans to retire in the summer of 2025 and make way for the new guard. Rebecca Bergman Rebecca Bergman is retiring from Gustavus Adolphus College in the summer of 2025 following an 11-year run, the university announced. Bergman was the first woman to lead the private liberal arts college when she stepped in in 2014.

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Embedded Associate Degrees Increase Retention

Insight Into Diversity

However, WTAMU anticipates offering an associate of science in mathematics, business, education, health sciences, natural sciences, and social sciences, as well as an associate of art in multidisciplinary studies, and liberal arts and humanities. “We We want our students to complete a bachelor’s degree.

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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. birth rates soon translate into fewer graduating high schoolers after 2025. First, the numbers.

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This startup trailblazer believes these 5 trends will shape the future of education

University Business

With the World Economic Forum predicting that 50% of all employees will soon need reskilling or upskilling by 2025, all sectors of education need to face the music. “An education system built for the Industrial Revolution is not going to get it done and has frankly outstayed its welcome.”

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President moves: Milestone hires and dramatic exits start off the month

University Business

He came into power at the small liberal arts school after a DeSantis-backed overhaul of the Board of Trustees ousted former President Patricia Okker. As a champion of diversity in the STEM space, her education proves she is well-grounded in the liberal arts thanks to her upbringing, according to BU.

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President moves: Retiring leaders shine as they conclude 10+ years of service

University Business

The outgoing president will retire by July 2025. Known for the joyful spirit he has brought to the private liberal arts college, he will fit in well helping build community connections, according to the university. Instead, Everett will be serving the college in a more involved fundraising capacity from here on out.