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How Institutions Can Continue to Attract International Students

How Institutions Can Continue to Attract International Students

Education Dive by Shalina Chatlani Dive Brief: International students face a number of concerns with language differences, family income, legal and regulatory constraints in a tight visa application process. They may also feel a sense of anxiety, especially now with a Supreme Court decision to uphold President Donald Trump’s travel ban, wrote Brad […]

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In Move Towards Nonprofit, Grand Canyon University Sells for $875M

In Move Towards Nonprofit, Grand Canyon University Sells for $875M

Ed Surge by Sydney Johnson Grand Canyon Education, a publicly-traded education company, announced today it has sold Grand Canyon University for $875 million to form a nonprofit. The move is the latest step in Grand Canyon University’s slow path towards reverting to a nonprofit institution. The Phoenix-based university was founded […]

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Veterans’ organizations oppose Republican higher education bill

Veterans’ organizations oppose Republican higher education bill

Inside Higher Ed Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers — although to varying degrees — expressed frustrations with the proposed White House education budget in a hearing Tuesday. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos appeared before the House appropriations subcommittee on labor, health and human services, education, and related agencies, the first opportunity lawmakers have […]

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Small private college partners with Pearson to go national with online program

Small private college partners with Pearson to go national with online program

Inside Higher Ed “Maryville … is that in Ohio?” a source asked. Actually, Maryville University, a small private nonprofit institution, is about 22 miles from downtown St. Louis. The institution may not be particularly well-known. But if Mark Lombardi, the university’s president, succeeds with his plans for Maryville, it will become a national […]

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Another Coding Bootcamp, Learners Guild, Bites the Dust

Another Coding Bootcamp, Learners Guild, Bites the Dust

Ed Surge by Tony Wan Another coding bootcamp has kicked the bucket. Learners Guild, which offered a 10-month program for aspiring software engineers, has shut down. The following note now appears on the website of the Oakland, California-based company: “Nearly three years ago, we set out to create a radically accessible […]

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Top U.S. Colleges Should Expand Enrollment, Expert Says

Top U.S. Colleges Should Expand Enrollment, Expert Says

Education Dive by James Paterson Selingo wrote that at leading American institutions often only 10% of students who apply are admitted and even some top-tier public state universities are becoming more selective rather than growing. He said the trend began in the 1950s and 1960s when states built new universities to […]

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Trump Wants to Drastically Alter the Education Dept. Here’s What You Need to Know

Trump Wants to Drastically Alter the Education Dept. Here’s What You Need to Know

Chronicle by Sarah Brown U.S. Department of Education and the Workforce? That’s what the Trump administration envisions in its new 132-page framework for merging the Education and Labor Departments, as part of a broader overhaul of the federal government. The departments, officials wrote in the proposal, “share a common goal […]

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How to Boost Completion Rates

How to Boost Completion Rates

Education Dive by Shalina Chatlani @chatlanis With the nation’s average six-year college completion rate for first-time, full-time students hovering around 59% according to the National Center for Education Statistics, institutions are constantly searching for best practices and strategies to enhance graduation outcomes. And, that’s especially true when it comes to the growing enrollment […]

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