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Jan 31, 2025 · Higher Education News. This year also marks the expected peak in high school graduate numbers, between 3.8 million and 3.9 million, according to projections from the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education. Colleges will need to prepare their budgets for the expected decline in these students in the years ahead …

3 days ago · Dive Brief: The Pell Grant program is expected to wrack up a $2.7 billion deficit by the end of the 2025 fiscal year, according to a January report from the Congressional Budget Office, sparking concerns that some students could lose or face reduced eligibility in the near future.; The Institute for College Access & Success, a nonprofit research and advocacy group, on Monday warned that the ...

3 days ago · State funding for higher education in fiscal 2025 rose 4.3% year over year before inflation and by roughly a third from five years ago, according to the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association’s annual Grapevine report. The $129.1 billion in state funding for higher ed marked the ...

1 day ago · Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Education opened Title IX investigations Thursday into two universities and a middle and high school athletics association that it says have allowed transgender women and girls to participate on teams corresponding with their gender identity.; The agency’s Office for Civil Rights is investigating San José State University, the University of Pennsylvania ...

Jan 31, 2025 · Tighter immigration policies . Less than two weeks into his term, Trump has taken action on immigration that could impact campus communities and operations, and there’s likely more to come. The day after Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration, his administration issued a directive opening up colleges — along with other “sensitive” areas such as K-12 schools, hospitals and churches — to raids ...

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Jan 9, 2025 · All of the factors listed above weigh on institutions’ operating margins. As we saw in 2024 and prior years, budget deficits often prompt administrations to cut employees and programs. If distress and cash burn are steep enough, institutions can close.Both trends could continue into 2025.

Jul 16, 2024 · Higher Education News. WASHINGTON — For the 2024-2025 Global University Visibility (GUV) rankings, we present our largest ranking set to date, covering universities in more than 65 countries and spanning every region of the world.

Dec 16, 2024 · Establish a User Community . Data shows that executive leaders are excited about AI and its growth at their institutions. End users, however, still vary in their adoption, and a plurality of administrators indicated that collaboration and knowledge sharing across higher education would help support their adoption of these technologies.