SS Higher Education Trends

Penn State University proposes closing 7 commonwealth campuses

In a report to trustees, university officials cited enrollment declines at the colleges, as well as their financial deficits and maintenance backlogs.

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What’s needed to strengthen career and college pathway commitments?

Leaders from education, business, government and politics say career exposure in college and K-12 is needed to meet workplace demands.

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‘Gross mismanagement’: Bacone College sent into liquidation

After filing for bankruptcy last year, a judge this week ordered its case to be converted into Chapter 7 after alarms raised by the U.S. trustee’s office.

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Education Department retracts CTE grants for Native American and Hawaiian students

The agency said the nearly $21.6 million grant competitions do not “align with the objectives established by the Trump Administration.”

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