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The Missing Link to Scaled Excellence and Equity in Community College Student Outcomes: A National Leadership Development Strategy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

More state higher education systems should train boards on how to hire excellent presidents and how to partner with them to improve student outcomes and close equity gaps. Universities need to reorient doctoral programs, teaching less theory and technical skills and more about how to lead scaled student success reforms.

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New Research on Heightened Cash Monitoring

Robert Kelchen

I have spent most of the last year digging into the topic of heightened cash monitoring (HCM), perhaps the federal government’s most important tool in its higher education accountability toolbox at this time. This seems like an obscure topic, but it affects a substantial portion of American higher education.

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How higher education leaders can institute and support financial literacy programs for their student body

Higher Ed Connects: Student Success Blogs

Higher education institutions have a huge impact on our economy, because schools play a major role in educating the future workers of our society. For many, due to the fact that the cost of tuition has been rising faster than income levels, higher education may seem financially out of reach. by Isabel Thottam.

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Iowa Wesleyan University announces closure

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” Reynolds added that if the state had “provided the federal funding as requested and it was used to finance debt or other impermissible uses according to US Treasury guidelines, the state and taxpayers could have been liable for potential repayment to the federal government.”

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The Future of Public Funding in Higher Education: The Changing Face of Higher Ed Part 6

The Change Leader, Inc.

To successfully surmount this pressing challenge, we at The Change Leader believe that higher education leaders must develop a new model for funding higher education which requires identifying multiple sources of funding and must be sustainable and transparent. billion (21 percent) over that period.

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AAUP Report on Political Interference in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 185 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Henry “Hank” Reichman

The Change Leader, Inc.

12 December · Episode 185 AAUP Report on Political Interference in Higher Education 49 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton McNaughton and Reichman cover the processes and conclusions of the AAUP report, emphasizing the detrimental effects on academic governance, academic freedom, and the well-being of faculty and students.

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5 Focus Areas for Campus Presidents Amidst Decreasing Trust

Campus Sonar

And no wonder—in 1990, state-per-student funding was almost 140% more than that of the federal government. But in the last two decades, the gap between state and federal funding narrowed, with state funding per student only 12% above federal levels in 2015. And presidents know it.