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Shifting Demographics in Higher Education: A Decade of Change

College Transitions

The landscape of higher education in the United States has undergone significant demographic shifts over the past decade. Let’s explore key insights revealed by recent IPEDS data on undergraduate enrollment from ​​2011 to 2022. Racial and Ethnic Diversity on […]

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Online Program Managers: What Are OPMs in Higher Education?

BestColleges

It's unclear, however, how pervasive these companies are in higher education. OPMs have become a hot topic in higher education policy circles, but for the uninitiated, it can be hard to understand why. The Department of Education (ED) intends to force more transparency into how commonly institutions use these managers.

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How Do Online Student Expectations Diverge and Converge Across Generations?

Ruffaloni

Over the last few years, RNL has reported that the online education market is in the midst of a generational transition. At the graduate level alone, higher education researcher Robert Kelchen reports that over the last decade an average of 320 new online programs were being launched each year.

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Professor Gender Pay Gap: Colleges Haven’t Fixed It. Will Courts?

BestColleges

At the University of Michigan, studies from 2005 and 2011 found that women earned 4% less than men. The Gender Pay Gap in Academia Women earn lower salaries than men across higher education. Rather than narrowing, the gender pay gap in higher education has been surprisingly consistent.

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First Accredited Program for Students With Intellectual Disabilities Finalized

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WCU's accreditation is issued by the Inclusive Higher Education Accreditation Council (IHEAC), a newly formed nonprofit accrediting agency that specializes in these programs. Creating IHEAC and accreditation standards was a project that dates back to 2011.

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

BestColleges

The fossil fuel industry has leveraged corporate windfalls to gain influence across higher education by providing more than $675 million in funding to 27 top research universities, according to a new report by environmental activist groups.

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College Enrollment Continues to Rebound, but Slowly

BestColleges

Finally some good news for an industry desperate for it: Higher education enrollment is up. Still, overall enrollment lags behind pre-pandemic figures and falls well short of the totals in 2011 , when the downward trend began. Across higher education, enrollment growth constitutes a tide lifting all boats.