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Capital Funding Strategies in Higher Education: How Universities Are Solving Infrastructure and Student Housing Challenges: Changing Higher Ed podcast 256 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Brent Miller of HED

The Change Leader, Inc.

April 22, 2025 · Episode 256 Capital Funding Strategies in Higher Education: How Universities Are Solving Infrastructure and Student Housing Challenges 33 Min · By The Change Leader, Inc. How higher ed leaders are using capital funding strategieslike P3s, bonds, and donor partnershipsto fix infrastructure and housing gaps.

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How Gross Inequalities in Institutional Wealth Distort the Higher Education Ecosystem and Shortchange the Vast Majority of Middle- and Lower-Income Undergraduates

Confessions of a Community College Dean

By way of contrast, consider the University of Pennsylvania’s 2020 pledge to contribute $100 million over 10 years to the Philadelphia School District to renovate decrepit schools. At least that might assist a more diverse student body. The top 3 percent holds 80 percent.

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Sports betting contracts should be rethought (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The agreements raised questions, as the Times put it, “about whether promoting gambling on campus—especially to people who are at an age when they are vulnerable to developing gambling disorders—fits the mission of higher education.” Their contracts have raised a number of ethical and policy flags.

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The Power of Relationships in Undergraduate Education

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma A Gallup and Purdue poll of 30,000 college grads from 2014 found that students who had a rich, robust relationship with a faculty member were twice as likely as peer graduates to report high levels of well-being. Effective in cultivating a sense of community and enhancing a sense of belonging and raising retention rates?