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Declining enrollment: Private universities face tough decisions - Megan Carpenter, Spectrum News

Ray Schroeder

Declining enrollment affects all sectors of higher education, but most notably, private colleges. Public universities rely on government funding, while private colleges rely on tuition and endowments. Often, they are more expensive than public institutions and technical colleges.

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Why It’s Imperative that Africa Study Abroad Opportunities Thrive

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

higher education institution or study abroad provider on the continent, the point is larger than the School for International Training , our nonprofit, accredited private university. While we believe we offer the largest program portfolios of any U.S.

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‘Being a girl is a heavy crime’: Afghan women in despair over university ban

The Guardian Higher Education

Taliban prohibit female higher education indefinitely amid international condemnation It was late evening in Kabul, and Sabra*, a fourth-year medical student, saw a WhatsApp message appear on her phone. The country’s hardline Islamist rulers had already banned most female Afghan teenagers from secondary school education.

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Adler University Announces Tenure Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Chicago-based institution which provides master's and doctoral degrees, said that all full-time Adler faculty will have the opportunity to apply for tenure upon completing five years of service at the University and achieving the rank of associate professor.

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University of Buckingham fined for filing accounts two years late

The Guardian Higher Education

Private university to pay £37,000 after missing multiple deadlines and creating ‘significant regulatory risk’ The University of Buckingham has been fined by England’s higher education regulator for missing multiple deadlines to publish its audited accounts, creating “a significant regulatory risk” in the event of financial failure.

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Shapiro aims to cut state-owned college tuition to $1k/semester for households making less than $70k - Marc Levy | Associated Press

Ray Schroeder

Josh Shapiro plans next month to propose an overhaul of a higher education system in Pennsylvania that is among the worst in the nation in affordability, his administration said Friday. It also would mean more grant money, including for students who attend private universities in Pennsylvania.

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Robert K. Vischer Appointed President of The University of St. Thomas

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Thomas trajectory to become the undisputed premier private university in the Midwest.” Vischer holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of New Orleans and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School. Amy Goldman, vice chair of St. Thomas’s Board of Trustees.