Applicants at Penn will no longer be exclusively considered based on their legacy status. With Harvard tied up in the Supreme Court over a similar case, Penn's decision might be the first sign of a massive shift.
The USDA is taking out risky loans worth tens of millions of dollars to colleges and universities to prevent rural communities from becoming higher education "deserts," according to The Hechinger Report.
Despite enrollment challenges and some rural towns' skepticism about the value of a college education, Lake Area Tech boasts a 76% three-year graduation rate and transfer rate and Walla Walla Community College helped create a booming winery industry.
Yale has joined a newly formed consortium of 16 colleges and universities working together to help students from small-town and rural America pursue opportunities in higher education. The program, officially known as the Small-Town And Rural Students College Network, seeks to identify, recruit and support promising students from rural communities and small towns. This summer, […]
About 30% of the schools qualify as minority-serving institutions and nearly half are rural-serving while the counties that RPUs serve have higher needs—such as low education, low employment, and persistent poverty—compared to counties served by other institutions.
The 41-page lawsuit alleges that the school pressured current and former students to withdraw while turning a blind eye to their mental health disabilities.
The pipeline of traditional-age students will tighten further midway through this decade because of the drop in births during the Great Recession of 2008, forcing college leaders to compete more aggressively for fewer students.
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.'
