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Agriculture Department Attempts to Keep Rural Colleges and Universities Afloat

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Some of these schools had not been able to get money from conventional lenders or had fallen under financial scrutiny from the Department of Education (ED) due to precarious budgets. Even if there were regional banks [in rural communities] that had the capital, they don’t have the risk profile to be able to do it.”

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A better way to address revenue sharing and online marketing (letter)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

At this point, nearly every nonprofit university in the U.S. There’s no reason higher education can’t figure this out and reap the benefits of efficiency and customer satisfaction. Universities need to move beyond pilots and initiatives and commit to plans and infrastructure that support a blended future.