Utah Colleges and Universities Up 2% Enrollment
SALT LAKE CITY – This fall, enrollments at Utah’s public colleges and universities increased by more than 4,600 students compared to last fall, according to the Utah Higher Education System. The system’s fall enrollment showed total enrollment was up 2.24% from a year ago to 211,954 students. As of fall 2020, the number of students …
“This is unacceptable”: Massachusetts lawmakers want to expand reproductive care in public colleges
Early Monday morning in Amherst, State Representative Lindsay Sabadosa boarded the B43 bus at the University of Massachusetts, joined by a small cohort of students advocating for medical abortion to be integrated into health care already offered in university health centers. The said “Repro Ride” at Planned Parenthood in Springfield took two and a half …
Universities have great stories to tell – our future success depends on how we share them
Most universities protect and maintain their reputations, and for good reason. This is not done out of vanity, but because our reputation makes a significant difference in how others choose to engage with us. A good reputation makes us more attractive to students and staff, it opens doors for collaboration and influence for change, and …
Texas Public University Enrollment Outpaces Community College Enrollment For First Time Since 1990s | New
The number of students attending Texas community colleges fell below enrollment at four-year universities in the state for the first time since the 1990s, as many two-year schools continue to face strong demand. declining enrollments due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Council. Community colleges saw an almost 11% drop …
Texas Public University Enrollment Outpaces Community College Enrollment For First Time Since 1990s | Education
The number of students attending Texas community colleges fell below enrollment at four-year universities in the state for the first time since the 1990s, as many two-year schools continue to face strong demand. declining enrollments due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Council. Community colleges saw an almost 11% drop …
Texas public universities have more enrollments than community colleges; First time since 1990
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Council has announced that the number of students attending Texas public universities offering four-year courses has increased. This is a first since the 1990s. In addition, schools offering two-year community college courses continue to struggle with the sharp drop in enrollment. The trend has started since the start of the …
State Colleges and Universities to Cut Costs by Decreasing Employee Benefits
Posted: 10/22/2021 16:47:33 PM In a move to cut costs, the New Hampshire university system plans to reduce its pension contributions and cut benefits for many of its full-time employees. The system seeks to reduce system-wide spending by $ 17 million, or approximately $ 3,800 per employee by fiscal 2023. The initiative began in 2018, …
Questions About California’s New Community Colleges Agreement With For-Profit College
This week’s American Public University System (APUS), whose name obscures the fact that it is a for-profit college, announcement he had signed an agreement with the chancellor’s office of the California Community Colleges (CCC) system that will allow graduates of these community colleges “to transition seamlessly to APUS as a junior – without loss of …
Should Massachusetts Public Colleges and Universities be Free?
Nathalie HigginsEd Collier I am a proud first generation student and graduate of UMass Amherst. My younger brother graduated as an associate from MassBay Community College. Thanks to our parents’ dedication to making sure we had more opportunities than they did, we graduated without incurring student debt. Our story is not the norm. The average …
Universities Shut Up As Biden Withdraws From Free College Plan
The year of Joe Biden’s slow withdrawal from his free college pledge meets little or only low-key protests from U.S. higher education, in part reflecting the lack of interest in the idea among institutions across four. years. In the latest setback to his 2020 campaign pledge, Mr Biden has publicly admitted that he doubts Congress …