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Layoffs and closures at Upper Iowa University

[ad_1] Upper Iowa University will resort to layoffs and other major cuts to combat revenue losses from declining enrollment, shifting demographics and rising costs, according to The Gazette. The 166-year-old private institution announced Tuesday that it would eliminate 37 faculty positions and close seven of its regional education centers across Iowa and Wisconsin. Twenty-two of the …

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Faculty vote no confidence in Pennsylvania two-year college president

[ad_1] The Federation of Teachers of Bucks County Community College recently voted no confidence in the president of the Pennsylvania institution, The Bucks Courier Times reported. The news outlet said the union’s vote on Felicia Ganther was announced at a Board of Trustees meeting last week. Ganther has led the college for almost two years. …

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Biden administration releases new gainful-employment rule

[ad_1] About 5 percent of programs required to prepare their graduates for gainful employment would fail the Biden administration’s new rule, Education Department data released Wednesday evening show. The affected programs, many of which are at for-profit institutions, risk losing federal financial aid. The Biden administration released its long-awaited gainful-employment rule Wednesday evening as part of …

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Accreditor demands teach-out plan from Paul Smith’s College

[ad_1] The Middle States Commission on Higher Education has demanded that Paul Smith’s College submit a teach-out plan, The Adirondack Explorer reported. The accreditor indicated that it could not at this time approve a deal for Paul Smith’s to be purchased by the Fedcap Group, which works to provide job training to low-income students, among …

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Mental health and “expectable” vs. “unmanageable” discomfort: Key podcast

[ad_1] Are rising levels of anxiety a sign of a mental health “crisis” among young people—or evidence that we need to better differentiate between “expectable” distress and discomfort that is severe enough to impair functioning? A recent episode of The Key, Inside Higher Ed’s news and analysis podcast, explores an issue that has been at …

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Medaille University will close in August

[ad_1] Medaille University in Buffalo, N.Y., which was set to be absorbed by crosstown Trocaire College, will close after the acquisition fell through last week, the university announced Monday. No specific reason was given for the collapse of the acquisition talks; officials previously noted that the plan had been terminated and that confidentiality reasons prevented …

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