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JENNIFER ECCLES

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There she served as vice president of development and external relations since 2017. Eccles holds a bachelor’s degree in public communication from the University of Idaho and a master of executive leadership from the University of Southern California’s Sol Price School of Public Policy.

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Fundraising During Uncertain Times: What Not to Do

EAB

Blogs Fundraising During Uncertain Times: What Not to Do The first two decades of the 21st century have already witnessed several major disruptions with significant economic impacts, from three recessions to the pandemic to today’s hiring crisis.

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Dougherty Family College’s Investment in Student Success Pays Off

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DFC has graduated an average of 56% of its students since its formation in 2017. I spend a lot of time fundraising. Thomas in Minnesota, where almost all the students are minoritized and nearly three-quarters are first-generation, has managed to buck this trend. How has the college pulled this off?

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Fox Transitions From 20-Year Transformational Career

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Fox acknowledges going coed, which happened in 2017, was not an easy process. I’ve enjoyed the fundraising particularly. … Among many achievements, the seminal events of Fox’s presidency were the transition from a college (founded in 1842) to a university and making the institution coeducational.

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Is this the first college closing announced in 2025?

University Business

million fundraising effort provided by over one thousand donations saved the school from closing last spring. Full-time student enrollment dropped 69% between 2017 and 2021. With just nine majors in the 2024-25 school year, it cut over 75% of its majors, reduced enrollment to 350 students and let go of staff to raise revenue.

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President moves: Recent resignations show 3 reasons why a leader steps down

University Business

His last academic appointment was at Mercy from 2017 to 2020 as the vice president of academic affairs. He has served at Nichols since 2006, mainly in positions that revolved around fundraising and advancement. Her most recent fundraising campaign has amassed $444 million of its $600 million goal.

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Connecticut College president resigns under pressure

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Faculty members have complained about what they see as Bergeron’s administrative overreach, micromanagement and lack of transparency—issues they said they raised with the Board of Trustees beginning in 2017, to no avail. While Connecticut College ultimately canceled the event, the move came too late, prompting King to step down.