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Temple University president resigns

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The move comes amid a period of turmoil at the university, marked by a contentious seven-week strike by graduate student workers, the shooting death of a Temple police officer last month and ongoing fears of violence in the North Philadelphia neighborhood where Temple is located. Wingard had promised to move into a neighborhood near campus.

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

Confessions of a Community College Dean

A Failed Online Program Like the leaders of many struggling institutions, those at the King’s College looked to online enrollment as a way to bring in more students, boost the bottom line and address long-simmering business issues like the persistent funding gap that has been plugged by wealthy donors.

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Tennessee State cites past underfunding as cause of problems

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: An enrollment surge at Tennessee State University combined with a lack of student housing led to a scathing comptroller’s report calling for a change in the historically Black university’s leadership. “It is over one-third more students wanting to come to TSU, so we adjusted our scholarship budget,” Glover said.