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Saint Augustine's Plans Lawsuit After Denied Accreditation Appeal

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In February, the university launched the Falcon Pride Initiative Fundraising Campaign, aimed at rallying support — upward of $5 million — from internal stakeholders, alumni, friends, neighbors, and the HBCU community to demonstrate financial solvency for preserving its accreditation. “We

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A public university wants to privatize advancement jobs

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“The University will submit a plan that necessitates ensuring that the UMass Amherst Foundation, not UMass Amherst, performs most of the advancement and fundraising work to maintain legal compliance moving forward,” Duffy wrote. Advancement employees, some of whom have been at the university for decades, were shocked and upset.

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How open admissions is dismantling educational barriers for art students

University Business

times less likely to experience poverty, and 47% more likely to have health insurance provided through their job. More from UB : How do colleges hit record-level fundraising? It’s all about the alumni . Bachelor degree-holders are 3.5 Some studies have even found that life expectancy is longer for those who attend college.