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1 month ago | 
chronicle.com | Brian F. O’Leary |Megan Zahneis
It’s no secret that faculty members are effectively earning less than they did 20 years ago, and fewer of them are on the tenure track. But a new analysis from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources sheds light on how these dynamics play out by discipline. The report charts pay, growth, and hiring trends across 29 academic disciplines over a 20-year span.
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1 month ago | 
chronicle.com | Dan Berrett |Brian F. O’Leary
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Feb 13, 2025 | 
chronicle.com | Brian F. O’Leary |Francie Diep
The first wave of reconceived Carnegie classifications is out, shaking up listings that have long been a coveted source of prestige for colleges. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the American Council on Education, which manage the classifications, posted colleges’ research designations on Thursday.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
chronicle.com | Brian F. O’Leary
Students who receive Pell Grants make up a sizable share of the nation’s undergraduates — nearly four out of every 10 students. They also tend to graduate at lower rates than their peers. While it’s been noted that Pell numbers are not an exact proxy for a student’s low-income status, they are still a useful indicator. According to the Biden administration, two-thirds of Pell recipients are from households with incomes below $30,000, and 93 percent are from households with incomes below $60,000.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
chronicle.com | Megan Zahneis |Brian F. O’Leary |Julia Piper
It’s no secret that the cost of living has risen markedly in recent years as inflation has soared. Faculty members, whose bumps in pay have not always kept up with these broader increases in cost, have also felt the squeeze. The peculiar nature of faculty careers can also play a role. Those fortunate enough to land a tenured position might find themselves rooted in place for decades as economic forces buffet them. And for those off the tenure track, pay often falls well below a livable wage.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
chroni.cl | Brian F. O’Leary |Julia Piper
This table shows the percentage of bachelor’s and two-year degree-seeking students graduating, transferring, still enrolled, or no longer enrolled at more than 2,100 colleges, as of August 31, 2022. Students seeking bachelor’s degrees began in 2016; those seeking two-year degrees began in 2019. The percentages represent students who fit that specific outcome; cohort numbers show all students of that cohort at the institution.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
chronicle.com | Brian O'Leary |Brian F. O’Leary |Katherine Mangan
For more than a decade, college officials have watched their incoming classes steadily shrink, nudging them closer and closer to an enrollment cliff that experts say campuses could be tumbling off in the next year or two. Civil-rights advocates, higher-education officials, and politicians have long tussled over how best to boost the college-enrollment rate for students of color and reconcile with the sector’s racist past.
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May 21, 2024 | 
chronicle.com | Adrienne Lu |Megan Zahneis |Kevin R. McClure |Brian F. O’Leary
To better understand the economic realities of the professoriate, The Chronicle embarked on a project to examine faculty members’ pay, and how purchasing power is affected by the cost of living, according to a county-by-county index. A Heavy Burden Debt of all kinds, particularly from student loans, is affecting the day-to-day finances and retirement preparedness of academic employees, a new report shows.
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May 17, 2024 | 
chronicle.com | Brian F. O’Leary |Audrey Williams June |Randy Lyhus
In the last year, cuts to programs have surfaced at colleges small and large, public and private. Bradley University, mired in a financial crisis, announced in December that it would cut 15 programs and another five would no longer be offered as majors. At Baldwin Wallace University, two consecutive years of operating in the red pushed the institution to announce in January that it would cut or consolidate 13 programs.
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Dec 12, 2023 | 
chronicle.com | Audrey Williams June |Brian F. O’Leary
Nearly 600 colleges consider an applicant’s legacy status during their admissions process, according to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Education. That’s almost a third of the more than 1,900 federally funded colleges that reported whether or not they gave preference to legacies, or the children or relatives of alumni, in the 2022-23 academic year — the first time institutions were asked to provide data on the practice.
