Ghost students are viewed primarily as a financial aid problem. In reality, it is an institutional cybersecurity challenge that begins during enrollment and affects every system that depends on digital identity.
Brown's Christina Paxson sets a departure date after 15 transformative years, while a former FedEx executive secures the top job at Lane College in Tennessee.
The university says the expansion is designed to make a Rice education more accessible by reducing financial barriers for families. It's also part of a strategic plan to increase enrollment by nearly 30% by 2028.
Half of all institutions that have announced closures this year are affiliated with Christian or Catholic denominations, according to this University Business tracker.
Howard University has reinstated dozens of the more than 500 incoming first-year students it unenrolled last week over missed tuition and financial-aid deadlines, leaving hundreds still without a place in the class weeks before the fall semester begins.
