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October 11, 2021
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These Were Last Fall’s Winners and Losers in Undergraduate Enrollment
The Chronicle of Higher Education[Free Subscription Required]
University Consortium Receives $5 million to Expand Latino Humanities Studies, Scholarships
Houston Chronicle[Subscription Required]
College Endowments Soared in 2021 – But That Doesn’t Mean a Wave of Cash
Houston Business Journal[Subscription Required]
University of St. Thomas’ First Collegiate esports Team Aims to Redefine ‘Gamer’
Houston Chronicle[Subscription Required]
Attention College Presidents: Your endowments are exploding. Time to do something bold.
Houston Business Journal[Subscription Required]
UTHealth Gets Nearly $4 million from CPRIT to Train Cancer-research Scientists, Researchers
Houston Business Journal[Subscription Required]
The Future of Community Colleges
The Chronicle of Higher Education[Free Subscription Required]
‘Playing Long Ball”: Initiative to Help HBCU’s Enhance Career Readiness and Leadership for Students
Inside Higher Ed[Free Subscription Required]
‘Major Overhaul’ of Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Director of Rice University’s Baker Institute Set to Retire
Houston Chronicle[Subscription Required]
The Chronicle of Higher Education[Free Subscription Required]
The Chronicle of Higher Education[Free Subscription Required]
UC Could Add 20,000 Seats for Students by 2030 to Meet Surging Enrollment Demand
The Los Angeles Times[Subscription Required]
About the University of Houston-Downtown
The University of Houston-Downtown (UHD)—the second largest university in Houston—has served the educational needs of the nation’s fourth-largest city since 1974.
As one of four distinct public universities in the University of Houston System, UHD is a comprehensive four-year university led by President Loren J. Blanchard. Annually, UHD educates more than 15,000 students; boasts more than 60,000 alumni and offers 44 bachelor’s, nine master’s degree programs and 16 fully online programs within five colleges (Marilyn Davies College of Business; Humanities & Social Sciences; Public Service, Sciences & Technology; and University College).
UHD has the most affordable tuition among four-year universities in Houston and one of the lowest in Texas. The University is noted nationally as a Hispanic-Serving Institution, Minority-Serving Institution and Military Friendly School. For more on the University of Houston-Downtown, visit www.uhd.edu.
This press release was produced by the University of Houston-Downtown. The views expressed here are the author’s own.
