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A small college is failing. Is a rich Canadian to blame?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

As fundraising fell far short of the goal , Chung stepped in with a $2 million loan. Primacorp also took on student recruitment, marketing and fundraising for the college, aiming to dramatically grow the student body through online programs. Fellow trustees later selected him as interim president.

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Planning to Meet Your School’s Student and Operational Needs

Higher Ed Connects: Student Success Blogs

Especially with today’s demographic changes, like the decreasing birth rate and increasing numbers of nontraditional students , colleges need to find out what’s going on in the student marketplace so they can give the students what they want within their operational objectives. Hampshire College , Amherst, MA.