UHD : Higher Education Headlines: December 6

Houston TX

09 December, 2021

11:14 AM

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Press release from the University of Houston-Downtown: December 06, 2021 Get your daily dose of higher ed headlines. Just a click away. Congress Averts Government Shutdown, Delays Higher Ed Budget Inside Higher Ed[Free Subscription Required] Spartanburg Community College enrollment surges as students take advantage of free tuition initiative Inside Higher Ed[Free Subscription Required] Report: How U.S. College, University Boards Stack Up for Diversity Houston Business Journal[Subscription Required] Everyone Wants to Be a Hispanic-Serving Institution The Chronicle of Higher Education[Free Subscription Required] Colleges are paying big bucks for coaches. Here's what else they could be spending the moneyon. The Chronicle of Higher Education[Free Subscription Required] Rice University Names Next Director of Kinder Institute for Urban Research Houston Business Journal[Subscription Required] Where Graduate Enrollments are Booming The Chronicle of Higher Education[Free Subscription Required] Just rewards? Some colleges cut back during the pandemic, but not when it came to their presidents' pay packages. The Chronicle of Higher Education[Free Subscription Required] What Omicron Could Mean for Colleges Inside Higher Ed[Free 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 45 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.