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My 2024 Higher Education Finance Reading List

Robert Kelchen

This spring, I get to teach my PhD class in higher education finance again—the eighth time that I have taught it in my eleven-year faculty career. I use articles, working papers, news coverage, and other online resources to provide a current look at the state of higher education finance. Friedman, J. Working paper.

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Another College Just Closed Its Doors. What That Means for Your Institution and the Future of Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Recently, I have found myself studying this relationship to understand what has been occurring in higher education and what realities are on the horizon – and for me, this is all starting to make sense. Now, let’s apply these concepts to higher education. government sprang into action to save its higher education system.

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How Penetration Testing in Higher Education Protects Student Data

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

For years, Higher education has held the dubious distinction of being among the top targets for cybercriminals. According to Sophos’s The State of Ransomware in Education 2023 report, 40 percent of ransomware attacks in higher education were due to exploited vulnerabilities.

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Higher Education Can Connect Diverse Students to Lucrative, Technical Careers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

According to Handshake, a network of institutions and employers that helps connect students with early career opportunities, trade careers saw 49% fewer applications in 2022 than 2020. Applications for jobs like automotive technicians or respiratory therapists went from an average of 10 applications each to only five. Dr. Willie L.

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Supreme Court Ruling Could Produce Chilling Effect on Equity in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Saenz said that overinterpretation of the law’s restriction pulled other equitizing measures in higher education into question, like affinity groups and ethnic studies courses. The proposition had what Saenz called a “chilling effect” that prevented other, equitizing steps from being taken in higher education in the state.

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Laying the Foundation for Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

HISPA has received several awards and recognitions for its impact, including the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring in 2020. In 2015, it received The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics’ Bright Spot in Hispanic Education honor.

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Beware of the Zombie College Scam Haunting Higher Education

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Some 12,000 colleges closed between 2004 and 2020, with at least 72 more folding since then. But what’s scarier than a school that has died? An undead college, of course — and it’s a lot more than a silly Halloween prank.