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Recent financial aid increases lead to lower student net prices, per College Board

University Business

.” Colleges and universities distributed over $160 billion in grant aid to undergraduate and graduate students in the 2023-24 academic year. Since 2013-14, institutional grant aid for all students rose by $19.6 Since 2013-14, institutional grant aid for all students rose by $19.6 billion (in 2023 dollars), reaching $82.8

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Want a job at Cambridge?

SRHE

Fixed-term contracts have long been the norm for research-only contracts, which are usually dependent on short-term funding from a external grant. However, the Equality Act of 2010, making it discriminatory to enforce retirement by age, has helped to discourage contracts promising ‘permanence’.

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$16B College Sports Revenue and Regulations: Knight Commission Insights: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 171 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Amy Privette Perko

The Change Leader, Inc.

By 2032, according to a new report from Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics in partnership with CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen), college sports revenue, including college football playoff revenue and new lucrative conference media contracts, is projected to reach $16 billion annually for 54 schools with the most lucrative football programs.

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The State of EdTech: OPMs, Risk Planning, and Generative AI: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 189 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Phill Hill

The Change Leader, Inc.

Reflecting on the emergence of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) like Udacity and Coursera around 2011-2012, there was initial hype about their potential to fundamentally transform higher education. If you look at, when the massive open online courses came on, the MOOCs, Udacity, Coursera started out in 2011 and 12.

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President moves: One U.S. Rep, one alumna make for big-time hires

University Business

Some college boards are choosing unconventional candidates for the president position to grant it a fresh pair of eyes and a bold new direction. A Republican, Johnson has served Ohio’s sixth district since 2011. 27 that she will be leaving her position on June 30, 2024, upon completion of her contract. "Serving

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Surviving and thriving in HE professional services

SRHE

Some academics are responsible for both teaching and research but there may also be research-only staff, usually on fixed-term externally-funded contracts, which may be classified on the sameside of the trench as academics. Its golden jubilees was celebrated in 2011 in response to the changing UK higher education sector.

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Feds Cancel Debts for 261,000 Students of Disgraced School Now Run by U. of Arizona (David Halperin)

Higher Education Inquirer

It also announced it would seek to ban Andrew Clark, the CEO of Ashfords demised parent company, Zovio, from contracting with the federal government. In fact, at a hearing focused on Ashford way back in 2011, then-Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) declared Ashford an absolute scam.