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Women’s Wrestling Aims At 2026 NCAA Championship Status

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Women’s wrestling may become the 91st NCAA championship sport in 2026. Second, as the recommendation also includes establishing a Women's Wrestling Committee, which would begin its work in January 2025, to allow time to prepare for a championship in winter 2026. The NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics voted at its Feb.

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Youngkin seeks to defund New College Institute in 2026 fiscal year - Monique Holland, Martinsville Bulletin

Economics and Change in Higher Education

million for the institute in the 2025 fiscal year but zero in fiscal year 2026. Glenn Youngkin this week proposed eliminating NCI’s funding in the second year of the two-year state budget. Youngkin’s plan would allocate $4.69

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Baby Boomers Turning 80: The Flip Side of the 2026 Enrollment Cliff (#medugrift)

Higher Education Inquirer

While COVID eliminated hundreds of thousands of older Americans from the dependency rolls, higher education experts have not expressed the profound effect that the Baby Boomers reaching their 80s will have on state budgets. In 2026, the year we expect an enrollment cliff, the first Boomers will turn 80.

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UK must be wary of “tipping points” – former minister

The PIE News

The UK higher education industry needs to be more savvy to “tipping points” where other parts of society may see reasons to attack the sector, according a former universities minister. “We [need to] act early to identify some of the pointers where potentially where we can reassure [the critics].”

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Can Technology Help Community Colleges Avoid the Enrollment Cliff?

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

A defining moment for higher education in this country lurks just around the corner. What awaits college and university leaders is the long-predicted enrollment cliff, the period around 2025 or 2026 when the effects of the Great Recession on this country’s birth rate will be realized as dramatically fewer high school seniors reach graduation.

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OIEG enters Australia with Notre Dame deal

The PIE News

International education company Oxford International Education Group has announced its first foray into the Australian market with an integrated program partnership with The University of Notre Dame Australia. of its student population will be international by 2026, it stated. Additionally, 12.5%

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Never Ending US Higher Ed Enrollment Decline

Higher Education Inquirer

US higher education enrollment has been declining slowly and consistently since 2011. The declines have been small enough for many people outside of higher education to miss this phenomenon. In 2026 and 2027 we expect a more significant drop: a result of declining fertility rates during the 2008-2009 recession.