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Report: 27 Universities Received Over a Half-Billion Dollars From Fossil Fuel Industry

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The report found that a minimum of $677 million was transferred to 27 universities to fund research, including climate research. The report calls for universities to have funds transparency, a more rigorous university conflict-of-interest gift policy, and a ban on all fossil fuel funding.

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Reimagining the Liberal Arts and Humanities

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Except that it's not entirely shocking given what's happening across higher education. This is a time of great change in higher education," Gee said , "and we are leading that change rather than being its victim." Between 2010 and 2021, the number of degrees awarded in computer science increased by 144%.

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How dual enrollment can combat enrollment declines

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percent, 1 which has prompted institutions to reflect on practices that impact student success and on barriers students face in their pursuit of higher education. percent since 2010, college-going rates declined by 5.4 Since 2020, enrollment at community colleges has declined 5.4 percent) and 18- to 20-year-old students (+1.4

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AANHPI in Higher Education: Facts and Statistics

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As a single demographic, Asian Americans appear to be doing well — high educational attainment, high household incomes — but a closer look by origin group paints a more complicated picture of how some Asian Americans are really doing. population older than 25 had a bachelor's degree or higher. million out of 3.2

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Do Community Colleges Need an “Intervention”?

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Marcus points to deficiencies in the culture and processes at many two-year schools that make it harder than it has to be for students to earn their associate degree or transfer to a four-year institution. The number of students at community colleges has fallen 37% since 2010, or by nearly 2.6 million people. 80% of them.

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Should You Go to College?

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“Some [researchers] actually believe that education is negatively linked to happiness, and hypothesize that some college attendees trade ambition for life satisfaction…. Like Brooks, I also believe “in the power of higher education to change lives and create opportunity.” But his data and anecdotes from pre-2010 seem outdated.

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Weekly Update: April 2

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A 2010 audit also uncovered significant accounting errors in budgeting federal student financial aid. The Biden Administration asserts that SAVE is markedly different from the program rejected by the Supreme Court, arguing that SAVE is authorized under the Higher Education Act, whereas the failed plan was created under a different law.

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