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This week in Inside HigherEd, comparing two cities’ higher ed enrollment; community colleges gain students; Russian is the new hip language; a federal judge refuses a college’s request to allow a Supreme Court ruling to limit faculty speech; and Penn fires their basketball coach at an odd time. Plus, lots of Quick Takes for those of you in a quiet office.
A TALE OF TWO CITIES: Dissecting fall enrollments in Pittsburgh and Dallas, we find that public colleges boomed and independent institutions mostly held on, thanks to rising tide (and more merit aid).
DEFINING THE ENROLLMENT BOOM: New study documents extent of the gains at community colleges, which are seeing particularly large increases in full-time students:
RUSSIA(N) IS BACK: Whether it’s Putin or Pushkin, student interest is sending language enrollments to levels unheard of since the Cold War:
FIRST AMENDMENT IN THE CLASSROOM: Federal judge rejects college’s request to apply Supreme Court ruling in way that would limit free speech rights of faculty members at public colleges:
JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE? Penn fires its men’s basketball coach midseason — an unusual step for any college, let alone an Ivy League sports program:
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