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Iowa Wesleyan University announces closure

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” Reynolds added that if the state had “provided the federal funding as requested and it was used to finance debt or other impermissible uses according to US Treasury guidelines, the state and taxpayers could have been liable for potential repayment to the federal government.” Yes In-Article Careers: 3

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More colleges will likely face closure in 2023, experts say

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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. Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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A president proposes steep job cuts to save his institution

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Administrators have said only 23 current faculty and staff members will lose their jobs. The crisis had been partly obscured, he said, by COVID-19 relief funds that had flowed from the federal government during the coronavirus pandemic—money that the university couldn’t count on for long. Yes In-Article Careers: 3

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Is a merger a closure by another name? (opinion)

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We are recognized by the federal government as both a predominantly Black institution and as a Hispanic-serving institution. While administrations at both institutions have said they would like to see the mission preserved, there are three steps both administrations must take to make sure this actually happens.

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The federal government projects that more than 203,000 new registered nurse (RN) positions will be created each year from 2021 to 2031, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). But a November 2022 article in U.S. Information was not provided about new nursing hire recruitment.

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Five ways to help students take smart sustainability actions (opinion)

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In practice, these experiences require a level of administrative and logistical effort that is difficult for faculty to manage. Partner with local governments. Trending: Live Updates: liveupdates0 Most Popular: 0 In-Article Advertisement High: 9 In-Article related stories: 13 In-Article Advertisement Low: 0 Include DNU?:

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College presidents move to cultural institutions (opinion)

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One of the complexities of college leadership is that a president typically has approximately nine different constituencies (students, parents, alumni, donors, faculty, staff, local, state and federal government, at the least) whose views are not only not aligned, but frequently diametrically opposed to one another.

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