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My 2025 Higher Ed Finance Reading List

Robert Kelchen

To add to the excitement of the coming few months, I have the pleasure of teaching my PhD class in higher education finance again. I use articles, working papers, news coverage, and other online resources to provide a current look at the state of higher education finance. Understanding budgets. 2024 higher education price index.

Finance 100
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Which Colleges Always Lose Money?

Robert Kelchen

By far, the most popular piece on my blog in 2024 (representing nearly one-fourth of all traffic to my website) was a fairly quick look at which private colleges consistently lost money over the last decade. Federal covid relief funds are now gone, however, and state budgets look wobbly.

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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. Understanding budgets. Friedman, J.

Finance 189
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CUNY’s Black Male Initiative Marks 20 Years of Success Amid National DEI Pushbacks

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A 2024 study from the American Council on Education showed that despite Americas overall diversity increasing, and more students of color enrolling in undergraduate education than ever before, completion rates for Black and Brown students have remained stagnant. million into the program, increasing the total budget line for BMI to $3.4

DEI 284
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How to beat the enrollment cliff: Act like Yamaha

University Business

College closures steamed through 2024 , and more institutions may find themselves in the crosshairs next year as declining numbers of K12 students trickle into higher ed. An overarching system centralizes critical functions like HR, finance and other business units that standardize and coordinate each subsidiary.

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New Jersey City University Continues Financial Recovery After 2022 Fiscal Crisis

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

And the school is even “conservatively forecasting” a “break-even balanced budget for fiscal year 2024,” according to NJCU President Andrés Acebo. Some roles and departments – such as the divisions of administration and finance or student affairs and enrollment management – were consolidated. And they did.

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When the bill comes due, institutional data can help

University Business

In 2015, when I first began working with colleges and universities all over the country, we didn’t call what we were doing “performance management.” ” Fast forward to 2024, and the last few years have proven that universities are beholden to the laws of economics. Because the bill is coming due in more ways than one.