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More colleges are opening branch campuses in high-demand markets

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Market research shows that there will be high demand for the graduates of the doctoral programs in physical and occupational therapy that Hawai‘i Pacific is opening here on one floor of a building in an industrial park it will share with the administrative offices of a casino operator. Eighty-four U.S.

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A few universities help black and Hispanic students reach and finish graduate school

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The Meyerhoff Scholars and the Duke Summer Research Opportunity Program, or SROP, are among a handful of attempts to help more students like Hardy go to graduate school, focusing on those from racial and ethnic backgrounds that are not well represented there. Duke Building, which houses several of the university’s research labs.

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The number of 18-year-olds is about to drop sharply, packing a wallop for colleges — and the economy 

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Still more new research, from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, projects that the pace of college closings could now accelerate. Colleges and universities, on average, are admitting a larger proportion of their applicants than they did 20 years ago, new research by the conservative think tank the American Enterprise Institute finds.

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A smaller Nation’s Report Card

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Also cut were fourth grade science in 2028, 12th grade science in 2032 and 12th grade history in 2030. Writing assessments, which had been slated for 2032, were canceled entirely. Related: Our free weekly newsletter alerts you to what research says about schools and classrooms. “None of us want to do this.”