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Embracing Change: Crafting Forward-Thinking Strategic Plans for Colleges in a Dynamic Society

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Department of Education, by 2027, 70% of jobs will require education or training beyond high school. Regarding enrollment strategy, the opportunity lies in your institution evaluating the number of individuals in your market with no-to-some college education and creating a plan to close this gap. According to the U.S.

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Colleges used these 3 strategies to spark big enrollment rebounds this Fall

University Business

Whether rebounding from a sluggish 2022 or rivaling pre-pandemic enrollment numbers, colleges and universities embraced a variety of initiatives to win new students and maintain a healthy cohort. gain in first-time college students, thanks in part to an 8.9% increase in community college transfer students, NC Newsline reports.

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Never Ending US Higher Ed Enrollment Decline

Higher Education Inquirer

In 2026 and 2027 we expect a more significant drop: a result of declining fertility rates during the 2008-2009 recession. College Meltdown: NY, IL, MI, PA, VA hardest hit Community Colleges at the Heart of College Meltdown US higher education enrollment has been declining slowly and consistently since 2011.

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Attack of the “Math Shark”: Why Unfinished Learning Is a Lurking Threat to Student Success in the Late 2020s

EAB

The class entering college in 2027 was in sixth grade in Fall 2021 and has since failed to make up any of the ground they lost. While most of the commentary on the NAEP scores has been rightly focused on what needs to be done to help K-12 students catch up, my attention has been on what happens when these students reach college age.

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Attack of the “Math Shark”: Why Unfinished Learning Is a Lurking Threat to Student Success in the Late 2020s

EAB

The class entering college in 2027 was in sixth grade in Fall 2021 and has since failed to make up any of the ground they lost. While most of the commentary on the NAEP scores has been rightly focused on what needs to be done to help K-12 students catch up, my attention has been on what happens when these students reach college age.

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Are cannabis programs set to become higher education’s next darling?

University Business

By 2027, New York posits the industry to employ over 50,000 people who will take home more than $2 billion in earnings. Portland Community College offers three different programs which span only nine weeks and cost less than a thousand dollars. The economic impact is becoming difficult to ignore.

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Newly named president of College of Saint Mary backs out

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“Our president was in a contract that carried through 2027,” she said. Loyack’s shift was not announced as a retirement but rather stepping into a role “to continue community and philanthropic activities for the university.