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PROOF POINTS: 861 colleges and 9,499 campuses have closed down since 2004

The Hechinger Report

Thirty-five colleges and universities shut down in 2021, a 70 percent decrease from 2016, when a peak of 120 colleges shuttered, according to an analysis of federal data by the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO). Roughly 500 were closed because of a merger or a consolidation with another college.

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All ninth graders study at the local 4-H center in this Maine district

The Hechinger Report

Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Higher Education. Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Subscribe today!

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K12 Inc. Names Stuart Udell, Former Catapult Learning Official, as CEO

Marketplace K-12

Major online education provider K12 Inc., That same year K12 rebranded a number of its resources under a separate legal entity called Fuel Education, focusing on “personalized learning” platforms, as well as consulting, teacher professional development, and online courses. Udell as its CEO. an operator of alternative schools.

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Some colleges seek radical solutions to survive

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images. Thorsett is the president of Willamette University at a time the higher education sector is grappling with a historic enrollment decline and financial challenges that cry out not for incremental change, but for radical solutions. Business was flagging. Middle-class ones.

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(National) Education Politics. “To Understand Betsy DeVos ’s Educational Views, View Her Education,” says The New York Times. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “A Task Force With Falwell Is Happening, White House Says.” State and Local) Education Politics.