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Documenting the Growth of Responsibility Center Management Budget Models in Public Higher Education

Robert Kelchen

As most of higher education is concerned about their financial position, a growing number of colleges are trying to encourage academic units to generate additional revenues and cut back on expenses. Most of this increase has happened since 2013, when just 25 universities used RCM.

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Have Academic Library Staffing Numbers Really Declined That Much Over the Past Decade?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The idea that academic library budgets are fungible shows ignorance of how these budgets work. Over the past couple of weeks, I worked with a number of academic librarians and an expert in higher ed finance to create a series of Q&As that explored academic library funding. Again, fair criticism. What is going on?

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Tennessee State cites past underfunding as cause of problems

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Mumpower told lawmakers that university leaders should have foreseen a housing crisis, given that it more than quadrupled its 2022–23 scholarship budget to $28.3 “In the fall of 2021, management decided to conduct an extensive recruiting campaign to bring in more students, which by itself is not an issue. million, from $5.2

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Effective University Leadership – What Does It Take?

The Change Leader, Inc.

Effective University leadership traits are close to superhero level – the skills, knowledge, and experience required to be an effective leader of a higher education institution are unlike that of nearly any other profession. These candidates resumes boast professional experience beyond the walls of academia and in higher education.

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5 Focus Areas for Campus Presidents Amidst Decreasing Trust

Campus Sonar

While not the only reason for this change, a lack of public trust in higher education is a big part of the challenge in advocating the value of an education to elected officials—only 51% of U.S. adults, down from 70% in 2013, consider a college education to be very important. Across-the-board budget cuts?

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The Student Loan Mess: Next Chapters?

Higher Education Inquirer

Overall, "The Student Loan Mess" provided a critical historical analysis of the factors contributing to the crisis and suggested pathways towards a more sustainable system of higher education financing. In 2010, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act made a significant change to the federal student loan system.

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Higher Education Inquirer

The future of the US Department of Education: 8 tips for journalists covering the agency under Trumps second term by Denise-Marie Ordway, The Journalist's Resource January 23, 2025 The U.S. Department of Education, one of the federal governments smallest Cabinet-level agencies, operates programs across every level of education.