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Bryan Alexander

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Nov 21, 2025
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Which prominent universities have cut professional degree programs since 2020 and what programs were affected?

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...

Nov 22, 2025

Which academic institutions or programs were most impacted by removing these degrees from the professional classification?

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...

Nov 20, 2025

How have universities and professional associations responded to removal of professional degree status?

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...

Nov 20, 2025

Which universities recently reclassified academic programs from professional to non-professional status?

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...

Nov 20, 2025

Which academic programs were reclassified and by which agency or department?

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...

Nov 20, 2025

Which universities have changed program status from professional to non-professional and why?

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...