Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 15, 2023

The University of Holy Cross, in Louisiana, will reduce the size of its faculty from 74 to 60 by 2026, 4WWL News reported. The university said most of those impacted by the change will be instructors of general studies.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 14, 2023

The University of Holy Cross, in Louisiana, will reduce the size of its faculty from 74 to 60 by 2026, 4WWL News reported. The university said most of those impacted by the change will be instructors of general studies.

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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

The first wave of the College Meltdown (2010-2021) resulted in a slow and steady drop in overall US college enrollment , with dramatic losses among for-profit colleges and community colleges. Click on the image to see the chart (Source: Seeking Alpha) College Meltdown 2.0

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 7, 2023

The private Alabama college has made appeals to state and local authorities in recent months, requesting a $37.5 Birmingham-Southern has also launched an effort to raise $200 million by May 2026. million lifeline, which lawmakers have not delivered , despite concerns of closure.

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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Reduced populations of college age people, economic distress, growing inequality, and migration are some of the interacting factors. College is expensive and time consuming for working folks. Many are not. Who's Next?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 14, 2023

Whatever the case, the new contract will raise minimum pay for graduate student workers to $24,000 effective immediately, and to $27,000 by 2026. The union has said it’s actually $19,500. Last month’s rejected agreement would have raised pay to less than $24,000 total.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

” The union’s news release said, “Temple administration’s current proposal increases the base salary for graduate employees to just $22,500 by 2026.”

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

One approach: at the College of William & Mary, career development is a key portion of the institution’s strategic plan, Vision 2026 , and its office of Career Development and Professional Engagement has promoted experiential learning through scholarships and its campus partners.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 22, 2023

million by the 2026–27 academic year, according to current forecasts. Faculty are questioning the cuts, which some fear will harm the university’s celebrated theater program. But officials say that without the ambitious realignment plan, the university’s financial deficit could grow to $14.6

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

million in fiscal year 2026–27—over four times the $3 million annual cost that Chapel Hill provost Chris Clemens cited to faculty. ” A draft budget memo , provided Tuesday to Inside Higher Ed in response to an open records request, projects the school would cost about $3.5 million next year but $12.7

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EAB

OCTOBER 18, 2022

MS: And then, I feel like a Debbie Downer to start off this call, but really what is going on is that all of these factors are compounded by as we look out into the future, first-time enrollment at community colleges is down about 21%. You had mentioned, I think you said a 14% decline in community college enrollment.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 24, 2023

funds, 40 percent of which is intentionally set apart for southern regions, to triple the number of beds available for out-of-town students, bringing the total nationwide from 40,000 to 105,000 by 2026. More widely, the government has set aside €960 million (more than $1 billion) from those E.U.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JUNE 29, 2023

At the front end of the higher ed pipeline, the US is not producing enough domestic students with the resources or skills to succeed in college and beyond. In 2026 we expect an enrollment cliff to occur, a ripple effect of the 2008 Great Recession.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

At U of A, the survey course will be piloted this fall, with the full requirement going into effect in fall 2026. The state’s two other public four-year universities will devise their own way of fulfilling the American Institutions requirement, mandated by the Board of Regents in 2021. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Higher Education Inquirer

AUGUST 30, 2022

And the enrollment cliff of 2026, a ripple effect of the 2008 Great Recession, is now just around the corner. Related link: College Meltdown 2.2: The Covid pandemic of 2020 to 2022 made matters worse with domestic and foreign enrollment-- (temporarily) ameliorated by government bailouts and untested online education.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The college aims to raise $200 million by May 2026. The current financial crisis stems from issues dating back more than a decade, including facility investments that weakened the endowment and added debt, as well as errors in administering financial aid that cost the college millions of dollars and prompted significant layoffs.

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