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Agriculture Department Attempts to Keep Rural Colleges and Universities Afloat

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

USDA has attempted to give low-interest direct loans to colleges and universities in rural areas with populations of 20,000 or fewer and loan guarantees to those in rural areas with populations of up to 50,000. Keith Mueller, director of the Rural Policy Research Institute at the University of Iowa.

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3 Reasons We Joined the edX/2U University Partner Advisory Council

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Learning Innovation Last week, the three of us participated in the first in-person meeting of edX/2U’s recently constituted University Partner Advisory Council (UPAC). Separately and together, we sit on a number of advisory groups/councils of for-profit companies working with nonprofit universities in the online learning space.

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

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Department of Education is now considering changes to its guidelines addressing how outside providers bundle the services they offer to colleges and universities and to the regulations that define and govern third-party servicers. At this point, nearly every nonprofit university in the U.S. The strategy worked.

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Student Loans, Basic Needs and the Public Good

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Public university attendees borrow an average of $32,880 to attain a bachelor’s degree. Private, nonprofit university attendees borrow $35,983. I was fortunate that I did not have to take out any student loans while I was at MSU. For context, some interesting student loan debt statistics from the Education Data Initiative.

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Collaboration in Higher Education: How Can Universities Partner With Employers?       

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

Benefits for Universities The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center reported that university enrollments in both undergraduate and graduate programs were down for the third straight year in 2023. To realize these benefits, both universities and employers must actively pursue partnerships.

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3 Enrollment Boosting Strategies for Accredited Institutions: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 178 with Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Dr. David R. Decker

The Change Leader, Inc.

Franklin University aligns its tuition rates with these fixed numbers, aiming to make education more accessible and affordable for students. 00:01:24] Dr. Drumm McNaughton: I was going to make a smart remark about the University of Pennsylvania and Warton School, but it is a fabulous school. It’s a pleasure to be with you. [00:00:05]

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Advocacy group survey: Faculty fear backlash for free speech

Confessions of a Community College Dean

four-year public and private nonprofit universities. Colm O’Muircheartaigh, a University of Chicago professor and academic director of the university’s Center for Survey Methodology, said, “SSRS is an entirely reputable research company. percent and the response rate for the MDR sample was 1.6

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