Dive Brief: Two Philadelphia universities took a significant step toward an acquisition when they announced a formal merger agreement last week, outlining a process to be completed in the summer of 2022. Terms call for the 2,400-student University of the Sciences to merge into the 6,800-student Saint Joseph’s University, creating a larger institution keeping the … Read more
The higher education sector didn’t get a reprieve from the enrollment losses that defined the fall term, new data shows. Instead, the numbers from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center found a few enduring trends. National Student Clearinghouse Research Center Spring 2021 Enrollment Estimates Public two-year schools again reported the steepest enrollment declines … Read more
Before COVID-19 came to campus, mental health treatment was an in-person affair. Fewer than 8% of colleges offered telephone therapy in 2019, and only 3% offered video, a survey of campus counseling center directors worldwide showed. But when the coronavirus forced classes nationwide to go online in March 2020, it did the same to campus … Read more
Dive Brief: Most international students studied in-person this spring at more than half of 414 colleges and universities surveyed by the Institute of International Education. Applications from this group are up at 43% of responding colleges for the next academic year, nearly double the share saying so a year ago. International students could still face … Read more
Dive Brief: The American Association of University Professors’ governing council voted to sanction six of eight colleges it investigated earlier this year over reports of governance violations, the faculty organization announced this week. AAUP publishes the sanctions to inform instructors and the public that “unsatisfactory conditions of academic government exist” at those schools, according to … Read more
Dive Brief: Public opposition persists against the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education’s plan to merge six of its institutions into two. The 14-university system published hundreds of written statements from the public ahead of virtual hearings this week to hear feedback on the proposal. The comments were largely against it. PASSHE leaders argue the … Read more
Dive Brief: College enrollment fell 3.5% in the spring term compared to the prior year, representing about 600,000 fewer students and marking the steepest annual drop in a decade, according to final figures from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. A 4.9% drop in undergraduates, or roughly 727,000 students, fueled the decline Graduate enrollment, which … Read more
When California in 2019 became the first state to pass a law giving college athletes the right to be paid for the use of their name, image and likeness, it was a strike against the NCAA’s longtime prohibition, one the organization said was in place to protect college sports’ amateurism model. Sports policy experts say … Read more
Practically none of the high school students who testing tutor Jennifer Jessie worked with knew about test-optional admissions before the pandemic. Her kids, as she calls them, weren’t even aware that some of the well-known public colleges near where she’s based in northern Virginia — like George Mason and James Madison universities — didn’t require … Read more
Dive Brief: Public and private colleges in Florida will be required to disclose to the state their gifts from foreign entities worth $50,000 or more as part of a new law. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the legislation Monday, which also calls for public schools with large research budgets to “screen” certain job applicants for … Read more