Gift link: At Albright in Pennsylvania, the new president is cutting programs, selling art and real estate, and vowing not to hire anyone with tenure. Is this the way forward for liberal arts colleges?
The Lincoln Park-based school said it's facing financial headwinds due to a significant drop in enrollment among international graduate students, an increased demand for financial aid and the rising costs of benefits.
The Trump administration called on institutions to be more meritocratic in their admissions processes. But what merit is—and how exactly it should be used—remains a contentious topic in higher ed. One day after entering office in January, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that banned what it called “discriminatory” diversity, equity and inclusion practices in the federal government, promising to “restor[e] merit-based opportunity.”
