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The Sooner, The Better: Building Financial Literacy Among Black Students (and Communities)

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Nonetheless, on offerings, we were pleasantly surprised to find the following 2024 data by the Council for Economic Education News: Opportunities have greatly improved for young people across America to learn the essential personal finance knowledge they need to reach their full life-long economic potential.

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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. link ) Commonfund Institute (2024). Happy reading!

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Saint Augustine's University Will Appeal After Board Votes to Remove Accreditation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SAUs December 2024 and May 2025 graduates will receive degrees from an accredited institution. SACSCOC found that SAU resolved all issues except those related to finances. SACSCOC could only consider information SAU presented as of November 18, 2024.

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Class of 2025 Salary Projections Show Mixed Results Despite Strong Job Market

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This increase may reflect high employer demand, as finance majors tie with computer science for the most in-demand bachelor's degreesboth sought by 67.1% The Winter 2025 Salary Survey compiled responses from 158 NACE employer members surveyed between October and November 2024. from last year. of surveyed employers.

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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. State higher education finance: FY 2022.

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Paradigm Shift: DEI, Anti-DEI, or Underrepresentation?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Familiarly termed, Anti-DEI legislation, Watkins wrote, A wave of bills combating DEI efforts on college campuses have made their way into several state legislaturesdesigned to curb DEI practices (2024, pp. Smalls serves as Vice President of Finance and Administration, Danville Community College (VA). Dr. Carl B. Dr. Terry A.

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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.