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President: Wilberforce Will Correct Problems

A day after nearly Wilberforce University’s entire student body protested about on-going problems on campus and threatened to withdraw, top administrators said Thursday the school has been working to resolve their issues to keep the nation’s oldest historically black university open.

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The Dayton Daily News

NCAA Grad Rates Improving In Football, Basketball

More men's basketball players are taking advantage of the biggest shot of their life and earning a college diploma.

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AP via The San Francisco Chronicle

Private Colleges Boom As Calif Universities Falter

California's public higher education crisis has a flip side: swelling enrollment, expanding faculty, and state-of-the-art construction at the state's private colleges and universities.

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AP via The San Francisco Chronicle

City College of SF Students, Faculty Want More Input

While City College of San Francisco administrators scramble to stave off bankruptcy and save the school's accreditation, they are being pressured by a group of students and faculty members who want a bigger say in deciding whether to reduce class offerings, lay off staffers or eliminate some academic programs entirely.

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The San Francisco Chronicle

UNO Loses 800 Students Under Stricter Admission Standards

The University of New Orleans lost more than 800 students between last year and this year.

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AP via The Times-Picayune

More Community College Students Commuting To Multiple Campuses

Students are choosing to commute — by bus, car and train — to different campuses because severe funding cuts have forced colleges to cut classes and consolidate programs.

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The Los Angeles Times

2012 ECAR Study of Analytics in Higher Education

This research assesses the current state of analytics in higher ed, outlines the challenges and barriers to using analytics, and develops a maturity index to provide a common means of assessing progress in analytics.

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Educause

Parent Plus Loans for Future College Students

As the cost of college spirals upward and median family income falls a loan program called Parent Plus has become indispensable for increasing numbers of parents desperate to make their children's college plans work.

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KARE Minneapolis-St. Paul

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