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Gordon Gee to leave West Virginia University presidency in June 2025

Higher Ed Dive

The longtime administrator said he wants to take a faculty spot in the public flagship’s College of Law.

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West Virginia University president plans to step down in 2025 - AP

Economics and Change in Higher Education

Gee announced his plan to the university’s Faculty Senate on Monday, The Daily Athenaeum reported. The news came a week after the WVU Board of Governors extended his contract by one year to June 2025. He also was the school’s president from 1981 to 1985. Gee, 79, is in his second stint at West Virginia that began in 2014.

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Butler will open two-year college in 2025 to give underserved students a path to college

University Business

Butler University plans to open a two-year college in the fall of 2025 to attract undocumented and historically underserved populations to pursue higher degrees. The exact tuition amount has not been set yet but Butler University President James Danko said the goal is to make college as low-cost as possible.

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Fontbonne University in Missouri to close due to budget problems and declining enrollment - JIM SALTER, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Economics and Change in Higher Education

University President Nancy Blattner said in a statement that Fontbonne will not accept freshmen for the fall 2024 semester, but will continue with classes through summer 2025. University leaders will work with faculty and staff to help them find new positions elsewhere, she said. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.

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

University Business

He will replace the long-reigning president, Phil DiStefano, who has overseen the campus for 15 years. Schwartz’s current duties at Penn State have made him an indispensable candidate for a university president who beat out over 90 other applicants for the job at CU Boulder. But Creed’s career was no minor note.

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Is betting big on graduate school enrollment growth a major risk for higher ed?

University Business

Graduate school enrollment has been a bright spot for many universities in recent years but leaders may not be able to hang all their financial hopes on continued growth. All of the presidents—and almost all of the other leaders surveyed by EAB—said increasing graduate and adult enrollment is a priority. Nearly one-third of U.S.

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Funding model in Nova Scotia hikes fees for int’ls

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However, the news has not been received well by senior university leaders, with one group – the Council of Nova Scotia University Presidents – speaking out against the plans after being left out of consultations.

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