Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs, Dr. Chuck Swaim, said 70% of the college's students are part time and have at least one job. He said it's a major reason they have decided to make many of their classes last eight weeks instead of 16 weeks.
Leaders at the only historically Black college in East Tennessee say they plan to submit an application within a month to the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools for to regain accreditation, which says the college is maintaining certain levels of educational standards.
Some of the nation's largest employers, including Walmart and McDonald's, are now broaching a new frontier in higher education: convincing colleges to give retail and fast-food workers credit for what they learn on the job, counting toward a degree.
Americans are profoundly more confident in two-year institutions than their four-year counterparts, a pair of reports by Gallup and Lumina Foundation shows. Can you guess the three main reasons?
Northwestern College, formerly known as Northwestern Business College, posted a notice on its website that said the "difficult decision" to cease operations was made by the college's administration "after careful analysis of its current and projected fiscal position."
A recent study found that 76% of students said the financial aid amount awarded to them, and the overall financial aid process, was the top driver in their choice about where to go to college.
Eight-year President Scott Pulsipher has translated his business leadership experience at some of the most customer-centric U.S. organizations into a university "obsessed" with its students and their learning outcomes.
Hampshire College in Amherst announced cuts to staff benefits just months after the school's leaders said it had recovered from enrollment and financial problems.
The approval of the merger comes as John Fry, 64, who has led Drexel for 14 years, prepares to leave the school and become the next president of Temple University.
