Robert Kelchen

JANUARY 2, 2025

I hope that everyone had a restful break and is excited to come back for what will undoubtedly be an eventful year in the world of higher education. To add to the excitement of the coming few months, I have the pleasure of teaching my PhD class in higher education finance again. Department of Education.

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Robert Kelchen

JANUARY 3, 2024

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 17, 2023

Paxson received the 2023 TIAA Institute Hesburgh Award for Leadership Excellence. Paxson – a globally renowned economist and public health expert – was honored for leadership of efforts bolstering health, education, and economic well-being, diverse recruitment, curriculums, and research about race, ethnicity, inequality, and justice.

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MARCH 6, 2023

The number of applications for the Fall 2023 admissions cycle generally declined across the University of California (UC) system, particularly among nonresident applicants, The UC San Diego (UCSD) Guardian reported. The finding comes from a UC Office of the President report, which showed that there was a 2.2%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Department of Education (ED) is delaying the sending out of student information relevant for financial aid calculations to institutions, higher ed scholars and officials have voiced concern and uncertainty over how this change will affect low-income and first-generation students in particular.

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University Business

APRIL 8, 2025

Philanthropy is on the rise in higher education as donors prioritize research, financial aid and faculty. When adjusted for inflation, donations to higher education increased by 3% during the 2023-24 academic year, according to a new report from CASE Insights. billion (33.2%) Alumni : $12.9

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University Business

DECEMBER 12, 2024

It marks the latest step higher education leaders have taken to answer growing criticisms about affordability. The majority of institutions featured on this list are promising to wave select students’ tuition and fees based on familial financial data retrieved by FAFSA.

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Robert Kelchen

JUNE 15, 2023

I have the pleasure of teaching my PhD class in higher education finance again at Tennessee this summer. Instead, I use articles, working papers, and other online resources to provide a current look at the state of higher education finance. The higher education finance landscape and data sources Chetty, R.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

higher education institutions was $58 billion in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023. percent decline from the record high reported in 2022, it demonstrates continued significant philanthropic support to the important higher education sector. There were 11 gifts of such magnitude in 2023, accounting for 3.9%

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NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Legislation to include step-children under the umbrella of “dependent” has been introduced for the 2023 Arkansas Legislative Session, ABC7 reported. This would affect whether the stepchildren of certain veterans can get prioritized academic financial aid. SB 3 – filed by Higher Education Subcommittee chair, Sen.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2024

Senators Alex Padilla of California and Bernie Sanders of Vermont in a letter to Education Secretary Dr. Miguel A. Padilla and Sanders, who is also chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, led 24 Senators in urging U.S.

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

Secretary of Education under President Obama, will become the 15th chancellor of the State University of New York (SUNY), effective January 2023. Dr. John B.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

John Pierre In 2023, the Southern University System Board of Supervisors selected Pierre to serve as the interim executive vice president for the Southern’s Baton Rouge Campus and named him chancellor six months later. For now, Pierre who served as a Judge Advocates General Corps Officer (JAG) for the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 11, 2024

"Welcome Jags" sign from Fall 2023 at Texas A&M University-San Antonio. From TAMUSA Photo Archives, "Jaguar March", Aug 2023. TAMUSA’s Promise Program underscores the importance of higher education in our community and has basically eliminated financial barriers for the students at TAMUSA,” said Kingsbery. “So,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government and higher education institutions have fed the public a steady diet of bad enrollment news. Public health concerns increased responsibilities to care for and educate school-aged children and disrupted jobs and industries. But we need to look closer at the data.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 15, 2024

The City University of New York (CUNY) re-enrolled 16,319 stopped-out students during the 2023-24 academic year thanks to its CUNY Reconnect Program. Its advisers also support students through the financial aid process and the FAFSA application. “We million investment from the city.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 7, 2023

The consortium invites select higher education leaders to serve as judges who evaluate a national pool of 30 highly successful programs deemed Bellwether Finalists and choose three Bellwether Award winners. won a 2023 Bellwether Award for its submission, Hudson Scholars, in the award category of Instructional Programs and Services.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

This first Equity Innovations Guide illustrates results the organization has gathered from pilots and initiatives it had implemented over the years on matters of college admissions, financial aid, and equity. Spurred on by these findings, Common App then launched a full-scale, 71-school version of this program in Fall 2023.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Black students have lower six-year completion rates for degrees or certificate programs than any other racial or ethnic group, according to a recent Lumina Foundation-Gallup 2023 State of Higher Education study. Black student enrollment as a whole has fallen over the last decade.

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OCTOBER 27, 2022

“Today, we’re raising the bar for oversight and accountability for colleges and career schools that prioritize profiting off federal financial aid programs over preparing students for success in the workforce,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A.

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

Sean Decatur will be stepping down from his current role at the end of 2022 to become president of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City in April 2023. And Decatur will be available through March 2023 to support the transition. Dr. Sean M.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 7, 2023

Come Fall 2023, this partnership will make SAU and TSU the only two HBCUs and first out-of-state transfer options in the community college system's Bridge to Bachelor’s Degree Program , which gives new, first-time students admission to participating four-year institutions upon associate degree completion.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

She will step into her role on July 1, 2023. I think its values, what it represents, is the best of higher education.” Financial aid packages for first-year students average $47,930, and Holley said there are a large number of Pell Grant recipients in attendance. I can’t wait to represent Mount Holyoke in the U.S.

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JUNE 23, 2023

Duke University will be offering full tuition grants to students from the Carolinas with family incomes below $150,000, effective Fall 2023. The program will also give those with family incomes of $65,000 or less financial assistance for housing, meals, and some course materials or other campus expenses. 1 that reflect this change.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

APRIL 9, 2025

Strategies for Each Stage of the Enrollment Journey Higher education institutions face many challenges in their efforts to engage with potential students and keep them motivated while they navigate the enrollment process. To learn more, check out the infographic below, created by the Higher Education Marketing Journal.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

For only the second time in history, state funding to public colleges in 2023 exceeded per-student funding levels unseen since before the Great Recession. Public higher education appropriations rose nearly 4% beyond inflation last year, according to the State Higher Education Finance’s annual report.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 8, 2023

Those selected will receive a full tuition-only need/merit scholarships for the 2023–2024 academic school year. college student during the 2022–2023 academic school year with a GPA of 3.5 or higher who demonstrates leadership and commitment to community service and civic engagement. The $20,000 Lenora M.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Student affairs leader Quamina Carter did not take a traditional route to higher education. CGU’s former dean of students and campus life, she arrived on campus in 2017 and became the school’s chief student affairs officer in June 2023. "A in higher education and student affairs from CGU. Carter holds a B.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Ray Martinez III To build the new model, Martinez says Texas’s higher education stakeholders and policy makers have come together to ask, “What do we need to do as a matter of state policy to ensure that students have the support they need, the scaffolding to ensure they can be successful in completing a post-secondary credential?”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 13, 2024

Michael Koppenheffer The report draws on responses to EAB’s 2024 First-Year Experience Survey, which asked almost 13,000 2023 high school graduates a series of questions related to overall college student perspectives, experiences, and satisfaction. They're concerned about the return on investment in higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 18, 2024

In Fall 2023, 8,500 students across the CSU system reported having dependents. These figures show the growing need for comprehensive support services tailored to student parents, who often struggle with managing childcare, financial burdens, and academic demands. By Spring 2024, that number had increased to 9,600.

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University Business

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Higher education frequently found itself in the national spotlight this past year. However, several reports over the past year have cast doubt on some commonly held beliefs about higher ed. While debt was parents’ and college applicants’ top concern in pursuing higher education, 99% still believed college was worth it.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 20, 2022

SACSCOC will review the school again in December 2023. Augustine was previously on probation between 2016 and 2018 due to financial issues and institutional effectiveness doubts. According to the school, student financial aid will not be affected. .

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Edu Alliance Journal

APRIL 21, 2025

Collectively, these colleges have further strengthened my belief in the diversity, resilience, and enduring importance of American higher education and reaffirmed the vital role that small colleges continue to play in communities across the country. students and meets 100% of demonstrated financial need. billion as of 2023.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

More than half of all working-class Americans hold a college degree or credential beyond high school, according to a new report from the Lumina Foundation, a higher education advocacy group. As of 2023, the rate of adults with a postsecondary credential has increased to 54.9%, a 17-percentage point bump.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Art Coleman, co-founder of EducationCounsel Coleman was presenting as part of a webinar organized by the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education, part of a series about the cases that could fundamentally re-align their work. The summer of 2023 will be a busy time.” Take your vacation now,” said Coleman.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Seventy percent or so of our students get financial aid, and they, with our help, can succeed and go on and get productive careers,” says Randall, who has worked in California community colleges for about 25 years. “In People recognized pretty quickly that she had a skill level that we had been needing,” he says.

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