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What the Grand Canyon Taught Me: Getting Real About Goals, Failure, and Digging Deep

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This is a guest blog by Stuart Jones, vice president for advancement and enrollment management at Southern Utah University. Stuart oversees the fundraising, marketing, and enrollment efforts at the university, and we have invited him to share his insights about the strategic enrollment planning process in this this post.

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West Virginia University May Cut 32 Majors, 7% of Faculty

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The cuts would affect several hundred students, accounting for less than 2% of the school's enrollment. Those proposed cuts would affect 147 undergraduate students and 287 graduate students based on fall 2023 enrollment figures, according to the release, accounting for less than 2% of the university's enrollment.

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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. Several colleges and universities recently have announced similar cuts, eviscerating the liberal arts in response to budget shortfalls, enrollment declines, and shifting student preferences. In many cases, low enrollment drove these decisions.

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Will Legacy Admissions End Along With Affirmative Action?

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For the classes of 2014-2019, Harvard legacies were admitted at a rate of 33.6% , compared to 5.9% Mickey Munley, a higher education consultant and former fundraiser, agrees. Amherst's decision echoed a similar move by Johns Hopkins University, which jettisoned legacy admissions in 2014. for non-legacies.

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Creating a data-informed campus: part 3

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Blogs Creating a data-informed campus: part 3 Using data to facilitate institutional effectiveness The conversation around data-informed decision making in higher education continues to accelerate. Analytics in higher education: Benefits, barriers, progress, and recommendations. Ready to find out more?

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College Programs for Students With Intellectual Disabilities Grow With Little Oversight

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Kellyn Donahoe enrolled in career and community studies at Kent State University in fall 2022. Her mother said the experience has allowed her to live independently, engage in university clubs and activities, learn self-advocacy skills, and begin to pursue her passion for working with children and athletes in education.

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Foundation Commits $20 Million to Increasing Degrees for Men of Color

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More than 1 in 4 men are no longer enrolled in college six years after initially enrolling. To address disparities in educational attainment for minority men, the Men of Color Initiative will create programs and partnerships. In addition to enrolling less than women, fewer men also complete college than women.

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