Higher Ed Connects: News

AUGUST 28, 2019

I want to talk about a third path: the wide range of interesting jobs that have a largely administrative element. Although some faculty members speak disparagingly about administrators, staff members are responsible for much of the work done in higher education institutions. Photo by Tim Gouw on Unsplash.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Image: Facing financial pressures, the King’s College made a recent appeal to donors for $2.6 million to meet immediate needs, warning that the small evangelical institution located in the heart of Wall Street is at risk of closure if it can’t quickly fundraise its way out of a dire situation. Fundraising is stagnant.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 29, 2023

Image: Iowa Wesleyan University is closing, citing rising costs, shifting enrollment trends, declining fundraising and the governor’s rejection of a proposal for federal COVID-19 relief funds. With the pending closure of Iowa Wesleyan, Plunkett will have led two colleges that shut down. Is this diversity newsletter?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 1, 2023

Students at Connecticut College have occupied several buildings on campus, including part of the administration building, to demand the resignation of President Katherine Bergeron, Connecticut Public Radio reported. The students are angry about a planned fundraising event at Everglades Club in Palm Beach, Fla.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 16, 2023

“The University will submit a plan that necessitates ensuring that the UMass Amherst Foundation, not UMass Amherst, performs most of the advancement and fundraising work to maintain legal compliance moving forward,” Duffy wrote. Advancement employees, some of whom have been at the university for decades, were shocked and upset.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 20, 2023

Nor am I referring to the wealthiest institutions’ lavish amenities and outrageous administrative salaries, though I do feel that those salaries and the size of the administrative staff are unconscionable at a nonprofit campus. Before the 1950s, most elite campuses invested their endowments conservatively in bonds and mortgages.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 24, 2023

In his resignation letter , King blasted the president for bullying and creating a “toxic administrative culture of fear and intimidation.” “Over the last several weeks our focus has been drawn to areas in which the College can better execute its mission, including the area of equity, inclusion, and full participation.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

What’s the next college or what’s the next big issue?” Birmingham-Southern is seeking state dollars in addition to its own fundraising efforts. The college aims to raise $200 million by May 2026. ” Other lawmakers, Republicans and Democrats alike, concurred that such a bailout is unlikely. Hide by line?:

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University Business

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Marshall Roache – Oregon Coast Community College Oregon Coast Community College found its next president in a former college wrestler and coach, retail store manager and police officer: Marshall Roach, YachatsNews reports. Stepping down Ronald Liebowitz – Brandeis University (Mass.)

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University Business

AUGUST 23, 2024

She will have served the liberal arts college for seven years when she steps down. Montana State University President Waded Cruzado Altmann is credited with leading Franklin and Marshall’s biggest fundraising campaign, scoring $220 million for the institution, Lancaster Online reports.

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University Business

JULY 12, 2024

Drexel completed a record-high $800 million fundraising campaign in 2022 thanks to contributions from over 42,000 alumni and 4,000 “friends of the university,” according to Temple. Crowley joined the institution in 1985 as dean of students before it was recognized as a state community college.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Students and administrators alike are asking the same questions: how can students best prepare for the future? What’s apparent is that obtaining a college degree is still the dream for many students. More from UB : How do colleges hit record-level fundraising? The educational and career landscape is shifting fast.

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EAB

JUNE 30, 2023

Edify serves as a data hub for all of the systems that higher ed already uses, from enrollment and fundraising CRMs to student success platforms. Improve Advancement efforts through more intelligent fundraising As Advancement gets more targeted in its approach to fundraising appeals, it has become more reliant on data.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Students at Connecticut College have occupied several buildings on campus, including part of the administration building, to demand the resignation of President Katherine Bergeron, Connecticut Public Radio reported. The students are angry about a planned fundraising event at Everglades Club in Palm Beach, Fla. Hide by line?:

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 2, 2023

She has been credited with improving fundraising and student outcomes at Prairie View A&M. “There’s a certain logic in deferring to the incoming administration in selecting their team,” he said. “The overarching charge is to ensure … as smooth of a transition as possible.”

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EAB

OCTOBER 9, 2023

These enhancements build on recent product innovations—including expanded student recruitment features and AI technology—that enable advisors to spend less time on routine administrative tasks and more time with students. EAB is also extending its CRM to support alumni engagement and fundraising.

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Edu Alliance Journal

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Forty institutions were selected, and more than 50% of institutions chosen represent minority-serving student populations (HBCU, HSI, MSI) or are community colleges. Their priority in fundraising for such programs is lower than other needs. Nearly 50% of U.S.

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EAB

OCTOBER 10, 2023

These enhancements build on recent product innovations—including expanded student recruitment features and AI technology—that enable advisors to spend less time on routine administrative tasks and more time with students. EAB is also extending its CRM to support alumni engagement and fundraising.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

And by the way, both were great fundraisers—I should throw that in. She started a homeless shelter for men in the city of Raleigh and ran it for 30 years after she retired from teaching, and she did community college higher education. They were always authentic, never avoided problems. They just were who they were.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Efforts by the Biden administration to pass a rule on student loan forgiveness was a major story from 2023 that will again be front and center in the new year. He is currently expanding that line of inquiry by exploring inclusive philanthropy and fundraising at four-year colleges and universities. “My

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JULY 25, 2023

This pilot is a partnership between Penn State University and other community colleges. In that case, they were working in partnership with Penn State University and other community colleges. That’s just one example that demonstrates that innovation can be anywhere. How do you build that research and search capacity?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 16, 2023

Now another billionaire, Peter Chung, may hold the key to the fate of the King’s College. Earlier this year, the college announced a funding gap of $2 million that it needed to close quickly in order to remain open. As fundraising fell far short of the goal , Chung stepped in with a $2 million loan. and Canada.

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University Business

MARCH 25, 2025

Hiring Megan Coval – Butler County Community College (Penn.) Megan Coval has been promoted to permanent leader of Butler County Community College. Lori Ragland will make history when she becomes the first female president of Rend Lake College at the end of June.

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University Business

JANUARY 1, 2024

Analyzing the strongest community colleges and their systems Despite the year’s headlines painting community colleges poorly, community colleges are seeing some favorable developments. New Mexico, Connecticut and Maryland were rated as having the best community college systems.

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University Business

MARCH 29, 2023

The board of trustees unanimously voted to shut the school down despite growing enrollment post-pandemic, thanks in part to a partnership with a local community college. The school faced a potential closure in 2018, but it was saved by fundraising and a $26.1 million loan from the Department of Agriculture.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 10, 2023

That despite a quarter century of intensive efforts to raise college graduation rates, rates remain distressingly low for Black and Hispanic students, older students, part-time students, and community college students. The economist Richard Vedder once published a paper detailing 12 unpleasant truths about higher education.

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University Business

APRIL 14, 2023

William Craft — Concordia College Walking out of academia hand in hand with his wife, William “Bill” Craft will be leaving behind a nearly pitch-perfect presidency during which he led the Minnesota school’s largest fundraising effort, garnering more than $157 million—exceeding the target by $7 million eight months early.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 3, 2023

Nostalgia doesn’t help us live in the present, though. As a world historian, I’ve learned some things from studying the past on a global scale that help me think about the aftereffects of the UC strike.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

Dr. Dietra Trent, executive director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs, said that despite the investments the Biden-Harris administration has made to HBCUs – more than $7 billion – HBCUs continue to face a myriad of challenges, from lagging revenue and deteriorating buildings to insufficient broadband access and student support.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 20, 2023

Image: The administrative building at Connecticut College is finally quiet, emptied of the students who gathered to protest President Katherine Bergeron. King had warned Bergeron against holding the fundraiser there, but she reportedly ignored the advice, prompting his resignation and the last-minute cancellation of the event.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 24, 2023

In addition to being an educational institution, campuses’ other functions loomed ever larger, as expenditures on fundraising, research, and technology escalated. Even small colleges took on the responsibilities of a small city for housing, transportation, health care, and sports.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 30, 2024

Whitman’s administration. for 15 years, earning a master’s in communication from American University, and returned to New Jersey in 2021. Representative Rodney Fragenhuysen, and five years in the administration of New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman. Have you engaged with your local community college?

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