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Univ. of Phoenix is the Top Recipient of GI Bill Funding

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Between 2013 and 2021, the Department of Veterans Affairs gave the for-profit institution $1.6 While the University of Phoenix remains among the top recipients of GI Bill funds, its annual cut has shrunk, from $391 million in fiscal year 2013–14 to $73 million in 2020–21.

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When Banks Lost Control of the Student Loan Mess

Higher Education Inquirer

Although the book was an exceptional chronicle of the student loan industry from 1958 to 2013, it missed at least one key event, the 2008-2010 bailout of Sallie Mae and a number of banks who made questionable private loans guaranteed by the US government.

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Opinion | #BamaRush shows what’s wrong with public higher ed

University Business

#BamaRush is not just a racialized system (the schools sororities were unofficially segregated until 2013 ), it’s a system shaped by a troubling shift in college admissions: public universities heavily recruit out-of-state students from affluent, predominantly white high schools because as nonresidents they pay higher tuition.

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Higher ed research and development spending is surging

University Business

Colleges and universities shared the bulk of the costs with the federal government in fiscal year 2023, which saw research and development spending grow by 11.2%. The average growth since 2013 was 5% annually. Growth in research and development spending hit a 20-year high in higher ed, according to the latest data.

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College presidents move to cultural institutions (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

One of the complexities of college leadership is that a president typically has approximately nine different constituencies (students, parents, alumni, donors, faculty, staff, local, state and federal government, at the least) whose views are not only not aligned, but frequently diametrically opposed to one another.

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

University Business

Over half (52%) came from the institution, 28% came from the federal government, and 9% from state sources. Since 2013-14, institutional grant aid for all students rose by $19.6 .” Colleges and universities distributed over $160 billion in grant aid to undergraduate and graduate students in the 2023-24 academic year.

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Effective University Leadership – What Does It Take?

The Change Leader, Inc.

For instance, Dr. Robert Gates brought deep experience working in the federal government along with time spent in academia to Texas A&M Universitys presidency from 2002-2006. In 2013, Purdue University hired Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels — who holds a law degree and is a former CEO — as its president.