Only a dozen years ago, the percentage of the state's Black high school graduates enrolling directly in college or community college handily outpaced that of their white counterparts, a point of pride for a small community that's worked hard to build a network of organizations to support its young people.
Louisiana higher education leaders are bracing for the possibility of major budget cuts next year, a prospect they said could be devastating after years of reduced funding for the state's public colleges and universities.
The Committee on Education and the Workforce's action marks the first time in college sports officials' recent era of Congressional lobbying efforts that a bill has even received a committee vote.
University of Miami President Julio Frenk is switching coasts in January to take on the top job at UCLA, becoming its first Latino president. University of Washington's longtime president is sticking to her planned resignation date.
U.S. higher education possesses only four universities in the top 100, three less than last year, in Times Higher Education's (THE) Impact Rankings 2024.
There has been a long-running rise in the number of women pursuing higher education, while the percentage of students who are men has been declining—a trend that's beginning to hit even male-dominated fields such as engineering and business.
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In 2026, the high-school aged population in the United States will peak at about 3.5 million students and then decline by 15% in the following 18 years. This is the demographic-driven phenomenon that colleges and universities are calling the enrollment cliff.
For months, college leaders said Pittsburgh Technical College had no plans to close, even as financial and enrollment woes mounted, as employees and board members left, and even as the school's accrediting body warned PTC's days might be numbered.
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