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Breathing with double lungs: How higher education can thrive in a changing market

University Business

Imagine it’s the year 2027, and you’re an administrator at a university. Higher education is at a crossroads that demands immediate action: We must innovate with new revenue streams or face the adverse effects of an impending enrollment cliff. Few institutions in higher education are successfully implementing these concepts.

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How Three Bronx Institutions are Intentionally Hispanic-Serving

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Data gathered by Excelencia in Education, a nonprofit organization working to improve and accelerate Latinx student success in postsecondary education, showed that in 2021, there were 401 emerging HSI institutions across 43 states. Demographic changes have led to an increasing number of Latinx students attending higher education.

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

University Business

“Legalized cannabis is expected to be an estimated $150 billion industry by 2025,” program manager Stacy Godlewski said in a press statement. “In In addition to Missouri, thousands of jobs are being created across the country, and there is an emerging need for educated employees to support and sustain the industry.”

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

University Business

Higher education stakeholders have been transfixed by declining student enrollment numbers in the past decade, which were only exacerbated further by the pandemic. The Class of 2027 at the University of South Alabama is one of the largest in school history, bumping first-year enrollment by 19% compared to last year.

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Superintendent: Why bridging the K12-higher ed gap is vital to student equity

University Business

Through dual enrollment opportunities with MDC and other innovative collaborations with seven technical colleges in the county, Dotres is a strong proponent of the magic that can happen when K12 and higher education are on the same page. Thanks to recent legislative changes , you’ll be retiring in 2027 instead of this year.