WHe higher ed partners with healthcare systems, it can build resilient pipelines of medical providers who are prepared clinically and connected deeply to the communities they serve.
Re-enrollment strategies are most impactful when framed not simply as short-term fixes, but as long-term investments in people, institutions and communities.
Shrinking state funding in the 1970s forced colleges to shift costs to students, ending the era of widespread tuition-free higher education. Expanded federal student loans then helped drive tuition sharply higher, according to History.
Fairleigh Dickinson University President Michael Avaltroni is building a statewide network that spans a learner's journey from K12 to higher ed to the workplace.
Nearly two-thirds of registered voters say a four-year college degree isn't worth the cost, according to an NBC News report. Yet in Utah, residents are earning higher-education credentials in record numbers.
Northwestern University has agreed to pay $75 million to restore $750 million in federal funding that was suspended over government allegations of "unlawful discrimination."