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Mapping the Legacy of RPI's First African American Woman Leader

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jackson was a 2009 recipient of the Dr. John Hope Franklin Award but was recognized at this year’s American Council on Education (ACE) annual meeting in Washington, D.C. regrettably, the award ceremony was cancelled in 2009. They have one son who works in real estate development and finance. Washington, a fellow physicist.

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Hoke’s Notes – The Plight of Small Colleges

Edu Alliance Journal

I set ambitious goals, including: Launching a marketing and branding campaign to elevate AAUA’s visibility, Increasing institutional and individual membership, Establishing a high-profile multi-day conference, and Stabilizing the organization’s finances to allow the hiring of a paid executive director.

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A New Funding Formula

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Russ Deaton, executive vice chancellor for policy and strategy at the Tennessee Board of Regents, helped in the development of Tennessee’s outcome-based funding model back in 2009 when the idea was first introduced. They were always focused on graduation and getting students jobs — now the state finances reflects that,” says Deaton.

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How University of Arizona Global Campus’ Online Recruitment Ads Drain Its Finances (Jeremy Bauer-Wolf)

Higher Education Inquirer

million misleading calls to potential students from March 2009 to April 2020. In 2022, the court ruled against Ashford and Zovio. The judge in the case was persuaded by estimates that Zovio made roughly 1.2 The University of Arizona painstakingly crafted a public relations campaign to try to cleave UAGCs reputation from Ashfords.

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Moving the Needle on Graduation Rates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These are the four pillars of transformation, ingredients critical to the mission of Complete College America (CCA), the advocacy organization working to improve college graduation rates since 2009. Finance in college is very important and making sure it’s affordable.

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Narcissistic presidents linked to “deterioration” in performance, study shows

University Business

The root of your institution’s dwindling finances and performance challenges might very well be a narcissistic president. If this was once a gut feeling, a scientific study supports it with research-backed data.

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Discovering Issues with IPEDS Completions Data

Robert Kelchen

A great example of some of the issues with IPEDS data is this recent Wall Street Journal analysis of the finances of flagship public universities. While it is the foundation of much of my research, the data are self-reported by colleges and occasionally include errors or implausible values. That’s not good.