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Since 2020 many U.S. institutions — from small private colleges to large public systems and some research universities — have announced program eliminations, consolidations, or pauses; examples includ...
Available sources document widespread program cuts, mergers and closures across U.S. higher education in 2024–2025 — with more than 80 private nonprofit colleges closed or merged between 2020 and 2025...
Universities and professional associations respond to removal of professional-degree status through program closures, phased wind-downs, legal and procedural safeguards for degree revocation, and advo...
Available sources do not report any universities reclassifying academic programs from “professional” to “non‑professional” status; the provided reporting instead focuses on athletic reclassification t...
Available reporting shows multiple, different uses of the word “reclassification” in 2024–2025: athletic/athlete and institutional sports moves overseen by bodies like the NCAA, school and teacher sal...
There is widespread reporting that U.S. and international universities have been closing, consolidating, or cutting programs for financial, enrollment, or political reasons — for example, Princeton en...