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These 10 Colleges Get the Most Applications
When it’s time to apply for college, the first thing you need to do is make a list of schools that interest you. As you narrow down your college top 25, one thing you may ask is whether the school gets many applications. In fall 2017, these 10 United States colleges and universities received the most applications, as stated by U.S. News & World Report. Eight of the 10 are based in California, while the other two are in the Northeast. Look and see if your favorites or potential submission selections from your college top 25 made the list.
University of California-Los Angeles
UCLA is located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, about five miles from the Pacific Ocean. This school received 102,242 applications in 2017 and had an acceptance rate of 16 percent, one of the lowest in the UC system.
University of California-San Diego
The University of California-San Diego sits on 1,976 acres next to the Pacific Ocean in the city’s La Jolla neighborhood. In 2017, 88,428 prospective students applied to this school, and its acceptance rate was 34 percent.
University of California-Irvine
The University of California-Irvine is a research university near the Pacific Ocean that specializes in scientific fields, such as neuroscience. It received 85,102 applicants in fall 2017 and had an acceptance rate of 37 percent.
University of California-Berkeley
Located near the San Francisco Bay, the University of California-Berkeley is the oldest in the UC system. It received 85,057 applicants in 2017 and is one of the most selective in the state with an acceptance rate of 17 percent.
University of California-Santa Barbara
The University of California-Santa Barbara sits on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, about 100 miles north of Los Angeles. About 22,186 undergraduates attend this suburban campus. In 2017, it received 80,319 applications, and its acceptance rate was 33 percent.
University of California-Davis
The University of California-Davis is approximately 15 miles from Sacramento and has an airport and fire department on its campus. This school received 70,214 applications in 2017 and had an acceptance rate of 44 percent.
New York University
New York University is a private university located in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village neighborhood. This urban university received 64,007 applicants in 2017. It’s very selective, having an acceptance rate of 28 percent.
California State University-Long Beach
California State University-Long Beach has a scenic 322-acre campus that overlooks the Pacific Ocean. It received a total of 61,806 applications in 2017 and is selective, with a 29 percent acceptance rate.
Boston University
Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the U.S. It is an urban campus in the Allston-Brighton neighborhood of Boston. BU received 60,825 applications and had an acceptance rate of 25 percent in 2017.
San Diego State University
San Diego State University is located about 15 miles west of the city’s downtown. There were 60,697 applicants in fall 2017, and the school had an acceptance rate of 35 percent.
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Presentation College announced today that it will not enroll students for the 2023-24 academic year
Aberdeen, South Dakota – January 17, 2023 – Presentation College announced today that it will not enroll students for the 2023-24 academic year and will cease educational operations at its Aberdeen campus after the Spring and Summer 2023 sessions. Three Teach-Out Agreements with other higher educational institutions are in place to provide complete credit acceptance and comparable net tuition costs for current students. Employees will be provided staggered end dates and final compensation based upon their responsibilities.
St. Ambrose University (Davenport, Iowa) will continue to offer Presentation’s signature Online BSN program, a pathway for nursing students established through a consortial arrangement that was communicated last week. The Online BSN programs will become the Nano Nagle Online School of Nursing at St. Ambrose University in honor of Nano Nagle who founded the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Aberdeen, South Dakota (Presentation Sisters) in Ireland in 1775.
“After careful evaluation of the sustainability of the College’s academic programs, and a thorough review of alternatives, the Board of Trustees and Presentation Sisters reluctantly decided to close the physical campus and implement Teach-Out programs as the most responsible way to steward students’ pathways to completing their degrees,” Sister Mary Thomas, president of the Presentation Sisters Corporate Board shared. “We understand and share the heartbreak by our students, faculty, staff, alumni, and Aberdeen community, and we will work closely with them to succeed through this transition.”
Presentation Sisters founded the College in 1951 to fulfill its mission of rural health care and service through nursing education. The College later expanded to include academic programs in Health and Natural Sciences, and Social Science and Humanities, to support its mission of development of the whole person, in the Catholic tradition. Presentation Sisters have continuously sponsored the College and retained ownership of the campus land with the College as a separate nonprofit.
Just before the COVID pandemic, the College, the Board of Trustees, and the Corporate Board of the Presentation Sisters embarked on a year-long process of examining data and market impacts, engaging constituent groups to better understand the financial health of the College and its potential for growing enrollment to achieve sustainability. Its rural location, difficult for many out-of-state students to access, was already a known factor, along with a significant dependency on tuition revenue and gifts. The impact of COVID exacerbated the College’s challenges.
“The College explored and brought to the boards numerous partnership options over the last year, resulting in their selection of St. Ambrose University (SAU) for continuing the Online BSN programs,” said Paula Langteau, president of Presentation College. “As previously announced, St. Ambrose University’s state-of-the-art nursing program is a natural fit with Presentation to create the Nano Nagle Online School of Nursing, ensuring the legacies of the College and the Presentation Sisters,” President Paula Langteau said. “SAU also will serve as one of a number of Teach-Out Partners for other majors. It is important to us that every student has multiple, comparable options to complete their chosen degrees on time and without an increased financial investment.”
Presentation also has Teach-Out Agreements in place with the University of Mary (Bismarck, North Dakota) and Olivet College (Olivet, Michigan) and continues to pursue adding agreements with other regional and online institutions. January 30-31, the College is hosting a Teach-Out Fair (in the afternoons) and a Career Fair (in the mornings) to assist students and faculty, respectively, with their transitions to other higher educational institutions. In a unique partnership for college transitions, the College is also bringing independent academic coaches from College Possible to campus to assist students with their individual plans. A Job Fair will be organized for later this Spring to help staff to explore future employment opportunities.
Visit presentation.edu/teach-out for more information about resources available to students and employees.
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Joint offerings to address urgent need for high-quality rural healthcare
DAVENPORT, Iowa and ABERDEEN, South Dakota — St. Ambrose University (SAU) and Presentation College (PC) have signed a memorandum of understanding, entering a partnership to enhance and extend online nursing education across the United States. The flexible online LPN-BSN and RN-BSN programs are designed to reach rural healthcare professionals who wish to advance their careers in nursing without leaving the workforce.
Leveraging SAU’s deep experience in providing high-quality online instruction and a robust network of healthcare partnerships, the agreement between SAU and PC seeks to address a rising and urgent need for access to high-quality rural healthcare following the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the Bureau for Labor Statistics, the projected demand for registered nurses will hit more than 3.6 million by 2030. In order to meet this target, the nursing profession would have needed to add nearly 50,000 new registered nurses each year since 2014 to meet that demand. In contrast, the number of registered nurses plunged by 100,000 in 2021, representing the steepest drop in the RN workforce in 4 decades.
“We know the nature of healthcare continues to change and become more complex,” said Amy C. Novak, EdD, president of St. Ambrose. “It is more important than ever that educational institutions come together to deliver high-quality experiences for students wherever they are located using new modalities targeted at learners of all ages. Under this consortium, the partnership is a force multiplier for good in the communities impacted.”
With the opportunity to extend the reach of these programs to all 50 states, the strategic partnership between SAU and PC is a direct response to the reality that the nursing workforce needs to be cultivated from within hospital and clinic systems for sustainable future growth. Working adults in healthcare settings will become a key focus for recruitment efforts as SAU builds out learning opportunities that recognize the different needs and location-bound realities of these students.
“Our institutions are a natural fit, given that our missions are anchored in the Catholic intellectual and social tradition, and we share a collective dedication to equip ethical, human-centered healthcare leaders,” said Paula Langteau, EdD, president of Presentation College. “Current and future generations will benefit greatly from the continuation and expansion of PC’s nationally-ranked online Nursing program, in partnership with St. Ambrose University.”
The Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (PBVM), commonly known as the Presentation Sisters, are a global Catholic institute and the founders of Presentation College. Anchored in a shared tradition of community and service, this person-centered approach to the delivery of both education and health services demonstrates a unique opportunity for both schools to play a role in transforming the future of healthcare.
“This joining is an example of the Presentation Sisters’ long history of partnering with others in our faith,” said Sister Mary Thomas, president of the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. “We are delighted to have these fine Catholic institutions coming together to provide for rural health care needs, especially in the area of nursing. This is going to be an exciting time for us today and into the future as we explore even more ways to expand our academic offerings to students.”
For more information on the joint agreement between St. Ambrose University and Presentation College, please email [email protected] or visit sau.edu/presentation .
ABERDEEN, S.D. — Presentation College has announced the President's and Dean's List for the Fall 2022 semester. To qualify for the President’s List, students must earn a 4.0 grade point average for the semester. Students maintaining a 3.5 to 3.999 grade point average are included on the Dean’s List.
President's List:
Rebecca Allen
Ajay Archambeau Jillian Barton Parker Beastrom Taylin Boettcher Kailey Camper Kristin Conrad Talyn Curl Tyler Danielson Natalie Flores Kaeden Frazier Samuel Garner Payton Gross Molly Hanse Cassidy Keller Valentine Koros Ethan Leech Brooke Lind Antony Martinez Hope Mehlhoff Schaar Sydney Miller Norberto Montero Villamizar Samuel Motzkus Zach Niederman Keagan Niedermeyer Emma Ogitchida Lauren Paredes Giselle Prado Aiden Roddy Abbie Rodgers Isaac Sumption Bryan Taylor Isabel Thomas Kylee Wadsworth Kayla Waldera Maxwell Welch Captain Whitlock Delainey Williams Kelsey Zelenski
Dean's List:
Toyin Adejuwon Makyah Albrecht Kamryn Arment Dawson Barson Jackson Becker Paula Bernal Rodrigalvarez Courtney Bob Lexes Boone Avery Bourk Sage Bultje Courtney Burmeister Sarah Burr Jennifer Carbajal Kanae Carman Mason Carpentier Stephanie Cartharn Olivia Castellanos Ontario Chapman Ashli Christopherson Arika Citrowske Tyler Clapp Payton Colestock Alyssa Correa Joey Correa Benita Creager Makaen DeGeest Nicholas Delgado Candace Dobberpuhl Chloe Dominger Nakisha Dyson Madeline Elwood Jaecy Engebretson Timothy Evitt Christian Fischer Marissa Gaytan Jasper Gibson Kenneth Gonzalez Jayda Hammer Dillon Harshman Fallon Hatathle Adam Haughey Michael Hawkins Maggie Heesch Corrine Helmueller Taylor Holm Darius Horvath Phillip Jourdan Kaontxhee Khang Jacob Klemme Douglas Klipfel Yasmin Knock Emma Koch Catherine Koefod Kayla Kramer Morgan Kramer Sarah Larson Isiah Lawson Raquel Leboeuf-Malacas Hanna Lee Hayden Leggett Kasey Livingston Cassandra Loa Emily Locke Gabrielle Lopez Kaitlyn Maidl Boaz Major Hannah Malsom Anitra Martinez Noah Martinmaas Justin Mcclurg Krystina McCollum Veronicah Miruka Adrian Montiel Recinos Georgia Murphy Jack Murray Amunique Newell Travez Nyx Jenna Ostenson Blaine Patten Yulissa Pena Marissa Peters KD-Anna Petersen Jocelyn Peterson Isabella Pinotti Ryan Powers Thaddaeus Punshon Daniel Ramirez Kathleen Reichert Matias Rocha Valeria Romanchuk Abigail Roshau Brook Russell Ashley Elaine Sanchez Sophia Schnell Colton Schusted Mesha Schwab Clayton Scott Sarah Shevenell Echo Smit Allison Sommerville Mykcel Sprung Elijah Steele Nicole Strongheart Emma Suelter Taylor Suko Dalayna Tadolini Pharoh Tapia Amelia Tarbox Roobsan Tensaie Angelo Teston Jessica Thomas Grace Tobin Mailee Vang Marisol Vargas Victoria Vau Camille Vestal Darlene Vue Kolby Wagatsuma Sidney Welling Trevor Winterton Michael Wishowski Matthew Womack Gaosheng Yang Charity Zetterlund
Presentation College’s Pi Gamma Mu chapter has inducted its ONE HUNDREDTH member!
The South Dakota Zeta Chapter of Pi Gamma Mu is in its eleventh year and has now inducted one hundred students and faculty. Pi Gamma Mu is the oldest and preeminent interdisciplinary social science honor society. The mission of Pi Gamma Mu is to encourage and promote excellence in the Social Sciences and to uphold and nurture scholarship, leadership, and service. New inductees include psychology students Natalie Flores and Brooke Lind and psychology program director Tina Klein.
To qualify for membership, a student must have a “B” or better average in at least twenty semester hours of social science classes. Over the years, the Presentation College chapter has inducted lifetime members from almost every program. Two Presentation College alumni received Pi Gamma Mu scholarships for graduate studies, and since Pi Gamma Mu is certified by the Association of College Honor Societies, members could also qualify for a two-level starting pay grade increase if employed by the federal government. At least one PC graduate received this benefit. Dr. Brad Tennant is the faculty sponsor for the Presentation College chapter and serves as the North/Northwest Regional Chancellor on the Pi Gamma Mu Board of Trustees.
More than 750 of America’s best and brightest college students participated in the Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) business student organization’s National Leadership Conference (NLC) and competition held in Chicago, IL.
The PBL National Leadership Conference was held June 23 – 27, 2022. Participants from across the United States and other countries attended this exciting virtual experience to enhance their business skills, expand their networks, and participate in over 50 business and business-related competitive events.
Presentation College (PC) students received top honors at the national competition. Jonah Evans and Blaine Patten placed fifth in Emerging Business Issues.
The event consisted of the following (taken from the FBLA-PBL Competitive Event Handbook): “A focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is an important topic for leaders, both as a principle of workplace culture and as a strategic business advantage. The recognition of an organization’s culture as a working and learning community for an increasingly diverse workforce has resulted in the need for continued discourse, education, policy, and procedure reviews, and expanded professional development centered on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Competitors will be required to discuss both the affirmative and negative side of this issue:
- Discuss the ramifications of leaders not employing an organization-wide engagement in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) work designed to impact the organization’s culture, practices, and strategy.
- Discuss the positive results of leaders employing an organization-wide engagement in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) work designed to impact the organization’s culture, practices, and strategy.”
“These students are incredibly talented both in and out of the classroom. Jonah and Blaine are truly two of the most dedicated and hard-working students, who will continue to create positive change for each of their home communities,” said Dr. Brenda Merkel, Presentation College business faculty and PBL adviser.
About FBLA-PBL, Inc.
Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, Inc., the premier student business organization, is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) education association with a quarter million members and advisers in over 6,500 active middle school, high school, and college chapters worldwide. FBLA-PBL’s mission is to inspire and prepare students to become community-minded business leaders in a global society through relevant career preparation and leadership experiences. The association is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, just outside of Washington, D.C. For more information, visit fbla-pbl.org .
ABERDEEN, S.D. — Presentation College has announced the President and Dean Lists for the Spring 2022 semester. To qualify for the President’s List, students must earn a 4.0 grade point average for the semester. Students maintaining a 3.5 to 3.999 grade point average are included on the Dean’s List.
President’s List:
Ajay Archambeau
Parker Beastrom
Taylin Boettcher
Sage Bultje
Christian Fischer
Kaeden Frazier
Brooke Heairet
Erin Jorgenson
Douglas Klipfel
Katrin Kriener
Kenzie Kuxhaus
Sarah Larson
Justin Mcclurg
Hope Mehlhoff Schaar
Sydney Miller
Emma Ogitchida
Aiden Roddy
Abbie Rodgers
Kennedy Schimke
Camryn Shockley
Kylee Wadsworth
Alexandra White
Ashley Alfonso
Kamryn Arment
Avery Bourk
Isabella Burger
Courtney Burmeister
Olivia Castellanos
Ashli Christopherson
Arika Citrowske
Tyler Clapp
Payton Colestock
Olivia Corey
Alyssa Correa
Candace Dobberpuhl
Chloe Dominger
Jaecy Engebretson
Jonah Evans
Natalie Flores
Elizabeth Fuller
Samuel Garner
Jasper Gibson
Molly Hanse
Sharmayne Hardy
Rachel Henderson
Weston Holdren
Taylor Holm
Kendel Jones
Preston Jones
Lili Joseph
Phillip Jourdan
Chelsie Kallhoff
Cassidy Keller
Kaontxhee Khang
Jacob Klemme
Kayla Kramer
Jordan Kulczyk
Hannah Larson
Ethan Leech
Brooke Lind
Cassandra Loa
Emily Locke
Gabrielle Lopez
Kaitlyn Maidl
Michael March
Jaidon Martin
Antony Martinez
Noah Martinmaas
Krystina McCollum
Harleigh Miller
Veronicah Miruka
Samuel Motzkus
Georgia Murphy
Jack Murray
Staci Musielak
Zach Niederman
Keagan Niedermeyer
Kotaro Okada
Kelechi Okoh
Molly O'Rourke Reiners
Jenna Ostenson
Jamie Parsons
Blaine Patten
Yulissa Pena
Evy Peterson
Brandy Peterson
Jocelyn Peterson
Isabella Pinotti
Ryan Powers
Giselle Prado
Brayden Prokop
Thaddaeus Punshon
Kathleen Reichert
Valeria Romanchuk
Brook Russell
Nani Santos
Sophia Schnell
Colton Schusted
Mesha Schwab
Clayton Scott
Allison Sommerville
Elijah Steele
Isaac Sumption
Pharoh Tapia
Amelia Tarbox
Isabel Thomas
Katelynn Thompson
Victoria Vau
Julisa Vega
Camille Vestal
Darlene Vue
Maxwell Welch
Sidney Welling
Delainey Williams
Michael Wishowski
Ashleigh Wong
Gaosheng Yang
Charity Zetterlund
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Presentation College in South Dakota plans to close
Dive Brief:
- Presentation College said Tuesday that it will soon shut down, ending the run of the small nonprofit in Aberdeen, South Dakota, which was founded more than seven decades ago by an order of Catholic nuns seeking to provide nursing education to boost rural healthcare.
- Before the COVID-19 pandemic, college leaders started evaluating their prospects for increasing enrollment, which totaled under 600 students in fall 2021. But the college faced challenges including a high dependency on gifts and tuition revenue, a remote location that's hard for out-of-state students to reach, and the pandemic.
- Presentation won't enroll new students for the 2023-24 academic year. It will shut down its Aberdeen campus operations after the upcoming spring and summer sessions and transfer an online nursing program it operates to a Catholic university in Iowa.
Dive Insight:
Several of Presentation College's key metrics mirror those of other stressed or closing colleges. It's small, it has been losing enrollment, and it has been increasingly discounting tuition.
The institution enrolled 821 students in fall 2016, according to federal data. But its student body shrank steadily since then to just 577 five years later.
Presentation discounted tuition at increasing rates over that time period, its audited financial statements show. In fiscal 2016 , it listed $3.5 million in scholarships and grants versus $13.8 million in topline tuition and fee revenue. By 2021 , scholarships and grants totaled $4.3 million against $11.8 million in tuition and fee revenue.
In other words, the college went from not collecting 25 cents for every dollar it charged in sticker price to forgoing 36 cents, even as it enrolled fewer students.
"After careful evaluation of the sustainability of the College’s academic programs, and a thorough review of alternatives, the Board of Trustees and Presentation Sisters reluctantly decided to close the physical campus and implement Teach-Out programs as the most responsible way to steward students’ pathways to completing their degrees," Sister Mary Thomas, president of the Presentation Sisters Corporate Board, said in a statement Tuesday.
The university has teach-out agreements in place with the University of Mary, in North Dakota, Olivet College, in Michigan, and St. Ambrose University, in Iowa. It's seeking additional teach-out partners.
St. Ambrose is also taking on an online bachelor of science in nursing program operated by Presentation. It will become known as the Nano Nagle Online School of Nursing at St. Ambrose University, named for the founder of the Presentation Sisters.
"St. Ambrose University’s state-of-the-art nursing program is a natural fit with Presentation to create the Nano Nagle Online School of Nursing, ensuring the legacies of the College and the Presentation Sisters," Presentation College President Paula Langteau said in a statement.
Most Presentation programs will end after the spring semester. A practical nursing program will run through August.
Presentation is shutting down after closing a branch campus in Fairmont, Minnesota, where it started operating in 2003 . The institution closed that branch in 2021.
When the branch closure was announced, Vice President for Academics Diane Duin pointed to low application numbers and increasing local competition. Duin told the Fairmont Sentinel the college had "opportunities for online learning." As of 2019, the branch had enrolled about 50 students.
Presentation College joins a growing list of institutions to close or announce plans to shutter in the wake of the pandemic.
Among them are several other Catholic institutions. In the last year, two in California, Holy Names University and Marymount California University , decided to close. Chatfield College , a two-year institution in Ohio, opted to stop operating as a higher education institution and turn into a nonprofit group trying to improve degree attainment. And St. John's University laid plans to close a campus it operates on Staten Island, New York, after the spring 2024 term.
In each of those cases, college leaders pointed to declining enrollment. They often also cited rising expenses and pressures exacerbated by the pandemic.
Numerous factors challenging small private colleges existed before the pandemic. Pressures stemming from college costs, student price sensitivity and economies of scale in operations predate the crisis. So do declines in birth rates around the Great Recession that have long been predicted to drive down the overall number of high school graduates available to enroll in college in many parts of the country.
But colleges were temporarily buoyed by millions of dollars apiece in federal pandemic relief funding. That money was generally most valuable to institutions under the greatest preexisting financial stress.
Now no more aid is coming, leaving college leaders still worried about risks that enrollment constraints pose to their business models. Institutions with noncompetitive admissions are generally considered most likely to lose enrollment and the important net tuition revenue it drives.
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Aberdeen hopes to keep Presentation College employees
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - Presentation College employs 125 staff members, which means that the Aberdeen workforce will decrease when the college closes in August.
To help their employees find new positions, Presentation will be holding a Career Fair on January 30th and 31st.
”We’re bringing in institutions of higher education from across the region who are coming to campus. In the morning, they will be having the Career Fair for faculty and staff. In advance, I’ve asked them to send me a list of the employment opportunities they have available so I can send it out to faculty and staff,” said Presentation College President Paula Langteau.
Dr. Langteau says Presentation will also host a job fair later this spring for careers outside of academics.
For employees like Presentation College head football coach Steve Heimann, the future is unknown. Heimann is more concerned about the fate of his athletes and assistants at the moment.
”For me right now, the mission is to get the staff and the players homed, and then sort of figure out what’s next from there, and we have time to do that. As far as myself, personally, I don’t know. We’ll see what comes of it. I’ve had a lot of conversations trying to help our staff find a new place, trying to help our players find a new place. Right now, that’s really the mission,” said Heimann.
The city, however, is hoping most of the faculty and staff choose to stay in Aberdeen, but with one less higher learning institution in the Hub City, finding academic work might be difficult.
“I think that our community has 125 jobs to offer, but some of these people are so specific. I know that some of the people in groundskeeping and maintenance and that kind of thing have already transitioned into other positions. We’re glad to have those people, but we’ll be sad to see the ones that have to pursue other opportunities in academics have to leave this community,” said Aberdeen Mayor Travis Schaunaman.
Mayor Schaunaman says there are other opportunities in Aberdeen outside of academics that could keep workers in the community.
”Some of the people that have really specific academic curriculum jobs are going to have a tough time finding work here in Aberdeen that suits those purposes. We’re hoping that they stick around and that they choose to do something else that’s maybe similar, but not exactly the same,” said Schaunaman.
Presentation College offered multiple nursing programs, and Schaunaman hopes those rural healthcare professionals help fill open positions in the medical field.
”The medical industry right now is hiring. They’ve got a lot of open positions. So, it was really nice to have a nursing program here in Aberdeen to be able to offer a workforce to the two hospitals, and I think that a lot of these people with nursing backgrounds and that kind of a thing will easily be able to find employment here, should they choose to stay,” said Schaunaman.
Presentation College is guaranteeing their staff employment through May, and is offering staggered end dates and final compensation based upon their responsibilities.
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Presentation College to close this year
by: Rae Yost
Posted: Jan 17, 2023 / 03:10 PM CST
Updated: Jan 17, 2023 / 04:02 PM CST
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Presentation College in Aberdeen announced it will close at the end of the spring and summer 2023 sessions.
The college will not enroll students for the 2023-24 academic year , but remains fully accredited, according to officials.
Presentation announced in a news release that three teach out agreements with other higher education institutions have been reached. A teach out means students will be able to complete their degrees at those institutions. St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa, will continue to offer the college’s online BSN program. Agreements are also in place with the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota, and Olivet College in Olivet, Michigan.
Nursing is a cornerstone of Presentation as it was started in 1951 by the Presentation Sisters to fulfill its mission of rural health care and service through nursing education, according to the school’s website.
Sister Mary Thomas, president of the Presentation Sisters corporate board said in the release, “We understand and share the heartbreak by our students, faculty, staff, alumni, and Aberdeen community, and we will work closely with them to succeed through this transition.”
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Aberdeen's Presentation College to close
Presentation will cease all education operations in Aberdeen after the spring and summer 2023 sessions.
ABERDEEN — Presentation College , a faith-based university in Aberdeen, South Dakota, announced Tuesday, Jan. 17, that it will be closing its doors following the 2022-23 academic year.
The college was founded by Presentation Sisters in 1951 “to fulfill its mission of rural health care and service through nursing education.” The college said in a news release that before the pandemic it had examined data and market impacts and engaged constituent groups to learn the financial health of the college and its potential for growing enrollment.
“Its rural location, difficult for many out-of-state students to access, was already a known factor, along with a significant dependency on tuition revenue and gifts,” the college said in a news release. “The impact of COVID exacerbated the college’s challenges.”
“After careful evaluation of the sustainability of the College’s academic programs, and a thorough review of alternatives, the Board of Trustees and Presentation Sisters reluctantly decided to close the physical campus and implement Teach-Out programs as the most responsible way to steward students’ pathways to completing their degrees,” Sister Mary Thomas, president of the Presentation Sisters Corporate Board, said in a statement. “We understand and share the heartbreak by our students, faculty, staff, alumni, and Aberdeen community, and we will work closely with them to succeed through this transition.”
Three teach-out agreements with other higher education institutions are in place, including partnerships with St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa, along with the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota, and Olivet College in Olivet, Michigan.
The school says a job fair will be organized this spring to help staff find new employment.
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