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After “exhausting all avenues” to avoid going under, Notre Dame College closes

University Business

NDC had 1,248 total students in 2021-22, according to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. A small private, often religiously oriented liberal arts college struggling with a poor budget deficit can no longer rely on a regional pool of traditional-aged college students due to demographic changes.

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Adjusting for societal impact, this college ranking features 7 public schools in its top 20

University Business

Washington Monthly’s 2023 National University Rankings analyzed over 1,500 higher education institutions registered with the U.S. Department of Education’s Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).

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The Equity Imperative ?of the Place-Bound Student

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When seeking increased social and economic mobility through higher education, many place-bound individuals encounter limited or no realistic options for affordable, quality postsecondary education programs. While online education has grown exponentially in the U.S.,

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Study finds true faculty diversity is possible by 2050

Inside Higher Ed

Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, the researchers found that the racial diversity of U.S. The rate was a bit higher among liberal arts colleges: an increase of 0.33 This bold goal may seem small compared to university press releases and interminable when viewed as a hole-riddled pipeline.

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Does College Need to Be 4 Years?

Inside Higher Ed

Favor an even more stratified (or varied) postsecondary educational system where only a small segment of the population earns a genuine college degree. and continental European model, in which the liberal arts portion of a college education takes place in high school. Want an approach closer to the U.K.

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Alphabet Soup

Susquehanna President's Blog

AAC&U – American Association of Colleges and Universities – this is the organization that focusses on liberal-arts education across higher education with an emphasis on enhancing the quality of teaching and learning and advocacy on the power of a liberal education. Department of Education.

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Field of study not key to new academic program success

Inside Higher Ed

percent failure rate for 156 new programs in the liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities. A higher education researcher not involved in writing the report said the growth standard used for the report might not be appropriate for every academic program. ” The study listed a failure rate of 39.4