Consolidating can be the lifeline for smaller colleges. However, such the financial shock that drives the transaction often comes by surprise. Here's what to look out for and what steps to take if a merger is inevitable.
While a typical semester abroad can require a student to fork over north of $15,000, this multi-layered partnership is allowing first-generation students to cross the pond at a fraction of the price.
Strengthening community college and four-year college pipelines is critical to ensuring equitable student success in higher education, considering the large proportion of Black, Hispanic and other minority students enrolled at the two-year level, according to a new report from the Campaign for College Opportunity.
Multnomah University (Ore.) will now be referred to as Multnomah Campus of Jessup University after becoming a satellite campus to the California-based institution.
Institutions with fewer than 1,000 students are blending programs to strengthen their students' workforce readiness and circumvent roadblocks to meet the nation's healthcare shortage.
With affirmative action ending, blurring the line between both entities seems more critical than ever; higher education needs assurance the student body they are receiving is as diverse as it is prepared.
A new acquisition by the University of Idaho will expand its academic offerings and student outreach amid higher education's sweeping demographic changes.
Despite selling six properties to Trocaire College worth nearly $2 million, Medaille University will not be acquired after all, placing its 148-year-old legacy in limbo.
Mergers, acquisitions, partnerships—oh my! Alliances can be highly individualized depending on each institution's unique set of challenges. However, these trends can help explain what's going on.
Citing pandemic issues and poor enrollment numbers, Buffalo-based Medaille University marks another private school in the Northeast too financially strapped to continue operations. Instead of closing, however, they're merging.
It has embraced “hybrid learning and turned it on its ears.” And it is incredibly open-minded when it comes to collaboration, something that can be a lesson for other institutions and programs struggling to make headway.
With a mission to serve a diverse, expanding community on campus and individuals in need throughout the Bluegrass State, UK is thriving and 'inspring ingenuity.'
While Democrats and philanthropy groups rejoice, Republican leaders call the president's decision to push ahead on the massive plan 'bloated' and 'political'.
"We are really the only option for students who are trying to create access to higher education," says Zaneta Encarnacion, chief of staff to the superintendent/president of the Southwestern Community College District.
