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Plus de 300 universités américaines ont fait faillite depuis 2008. L'université Lourdes a tenté de se sauver en investissant massivement dans le sport.
L’université Lourdes de Sylvania, dans l’Ohio, occupe un campus verdoyant d’une trentaine d’hectares, parsemé de bâtiments dans le style espagnol, d’un grand gymnase et de terrains de sport. Il ne manque que les étudiants.
Ce petit établissement catholique a fermé ses portes en juin, victime de «pressions financières insurmontables». À l’automne 2024, il ne comptait plus que 964 inscrits contre 1780 dix ans plus tôt. Un déclin en dû à sa stratégie ambitieuse.
Pour renflouer ses caisses, Lourdes a décidé d’investir dans le sport, censé attirer des élèves, des donateurs et des supporters… Elle a ainsi créé une vingtaine d’équipes de golf, de football, de volley-ball, et recruté des athlètes en les appâtant avec une réduction de plus de 70 % des frais de scolarité. Cette offre a accentué l’endettement sans pour autant augmenter le nombre d’inscriptions. Beaucoup d’étudiants peu sportifs ont préféré aller ailleurs. Lourdes a fini par faire faillite, comme plus de 300 universités depuis 2008.

The results of the Pisa ranking published on Tuesday show that France is at its lowest level in 20 years, pushing the candidates for the 2027 presidential election to react, in particular Gabriel Attal who proposes to rely on historical Macronists to refine his project.

The results of the Pisa ranking published on Tuesday show that France is at its lowest level in 20 years, provoking indignant reactions among the candidates for the presidential election, in particular Ségolène Royal who criticized Raphaël Glucksmann during his appearance at the 'Grand Oral 2027 BFMTV-Le Figaro'.

Three extracurricular agents from a Parisian nursery school were suspended as a precautionary measure after a student left the establishment alone, according to information from Le Parisien confirmed by the City of Paris, which launched an administrative investigation and apologized to the family.

The Paris Administrative Court of Appeal confirmed the illegality of the digital school textbooks published by the Île-de-France Region and ordered it to remove them from the Pearltrees platform by November 2, granting additional time compared to the September 30 initially set, in order to allow teachers to prepare.

The Minister of Education has published a new scale for the baccalaureate and the 2027 certificate, allowing up to two points to be withdrawn for spelling and syntax errors. This measure applies to all subjects, including science.

France recorded its worst results in more than 20 years in the Pisa ranking, with a 34th place in mathematics and 28th in comprehension, while Bruno Le Maire proposed bringing forward entry into kindergarten to one year and Laurent Nunez threatened CNews with criminal sanctions if Xenia Fedorova returned to the air.