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Access Must be Front Burner for Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Lee said there is concern of funds from Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), CARES Act, and other federal stimulus funds ending. We’re having discussions with policy makers across the spectrum from state and federal [government] … about the fact that we need to be supporting our students through this journey,” Lee said.

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More colleges will likely face closure in 2023, experts say

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The for-profit Living Arts College closed abruptly after the shutdown of the embattled Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges & Schools and blamed the federal government for its demise. Recent federal data shows that Presentation enrolled a total of 577 students in fall 2021.

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What universities should do now in the uncertain OPM landscape

EAB

February Department of Education (ED) Dear Colleague Letter massively increases ED oversight (for now) In the last year, the federal government has taken several key actions that sowed confusion among Professional, Continuing, and Online (PCO) leaders, made worse by the February 2023 ED Dear Colleague Letter.

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Why we need better data on faculty diversity (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

A study of employment records of nearly 300,000 tenured and tenure-track faculty members employed between 2011 and 2020 at 368 Ph.D.-granting The survey was last administered in fall 2003, with earlier administrations in 1987, 1992 and 1998. granting universities found that 80 percent of those with doctorates from U.S. universities.

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College Meltdown 3.0 Could Start Earlier (And Be Worse) Than Planned

Higher Education Inquirer

From 2011 onward, the College Meltdown was most visible with for-profit colleges and community colleges, but other non-elite schools and for-profit businesses were also affected. HEI also recognized this problem in 2017, something the Trump Administration failed to notice and made worse with its rosy Census projections.

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The Colbeck Scandal (South University and the Art Institutes)

Higher Education Inquirer

Studio's CEO Bryan Newman is a veteran of for-profit colleges and their surrogates, working at the University of Phoenix (1997-2010), University Ventures (2011-2017), and the defunct UniversityNow (2014-2016). Colbeck then hired Studio Enterprise to manage the schools. Related link: South University IRS Form 990 (2020)

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How can America Encourage College Dropouts to Complete their Degrees

Edu Alliance Journal

of students who started in community college after 6 years have not obtained any degree or certificate (1,071,720 students from students starting in 2011). 730,556 students starting in 2011). than there are R-1s, our view is that they are really good anchor institutions to route federal investment through. Conclusion.