Higher Education Inquirer

MARCH 30, 2025

NewSchool of Architecture and Design, the last remaining US college under Ambow Educations umbrella, is facing significant legal challenges that could threaten its survival. Adding to its woes, NewSchool is currently embroiled in two major lawsuits over unpaid rent and contract breaches. seeking $4.47

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 3, 2023

Image: Higher education associations, study abroad organizations, colleges and universities, and others are calling on the Department of Education to rescind guidance issued earlier this year that would expand the definition of outside companies that are subject the department’s oversight.

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SRHE

JANUARY 22, 2025

We concluded that this form of emotional labour was a form of wife work, work that is essential to the running of the home (aka Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)) yet often undervalued and the person carries the mental load. These are often taken for granted and operate at a subconscious level.

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University Business

MARCH 7, 2025

Before his career in higher education, Johnson played professional basketball in Europe and South America, Town Talk reports. An accomplished academic and administrator, Kiss earned her master’s and doctorate degree from Oxford College after earning a Rhodes scholarship. Elizabeth Kiss – Union College (N.Y.)

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University Business

JANUARY 22, 2024

The program is set to offer graduating seniors interested in pursuing jobs in high-demand industries 80% coverage of their tuition or up to $8,000 in grants. The expanded access and affordability for high school graduates granted at Maine Free College and the Idaho Launch program share similar motivations.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Almost all of the materials budgets are tied up in subscriptions and access fees for online resources, often with multi-year contracts with vendors that provide these services. Typically, about 95% of materials budgets are in subscriptions and contracts (including journals, databases, etc), maybe 2.5% 2013, section 3.4]

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 31, 2023

A: Doctoral-granting university libraries in ACRL spend about 37 percent of their budgets on salaries, 13 percent on fringe benefits, 40 percent on materials and 11 percent on operations. This means the enormous for-profit vendors retain their contracts because they are too big to cancel and the small nonprofit publishers usually lose out.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

OCTOBER 2, 2021

In this second post of our five-part series on Embracing a New Higher Education Governance Model , we discuss the updated board duties in higher ed and how boards can embrace their new roles and responsibilities as they work to meet the challenges facing colleges and universities today.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 20, 2023

The hostile takeover of public higher education in Florida continues, as seen in the latest higher education bill introduced in the state’s House of Representatives. ” Language in the bill would also ban any general education core courses from including an array of critical schools of thought such as CRT.

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University Business

MAY 17, 2024

Kotlikoff will serve as interim president under a two-year contract. Pollack is also credited with increasing by 1,000 the number of undergraduates receiving grant-based financial aid, the university noted. He was also instrumental in creating LC Online, a national educational platform. Who’s hiring? Elizabeth S.

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Higher Ed Connects: News

AUGUST 23, 2019

This article was originally appeared in The Chronicle for Higher Education on August 7, 2019, written by Goldie Blumenstyk. Lots of higher-education leaders and faculty members should be paying attention to that, even if they don’t care about the future of OPMs, or even know what those initials mean.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JULY 18, 2023

David shares how much the cost of education has risen from 1969 to 2020, why most college and university managers plan to budget, why this doesn’t help address the problem, and what higher ed can do to improve this. In 1969, the cost of public college education was $1,545 per year, 19% of the median household income.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

AUGUST 29, 2023

29 August · Episode 170 Improving Presidential Tenure and Effectiveness in Higher Education 30 Min · By Drumm McNaughton Insights for universities to cultivate longer and more impactful presidential tenures, resulting in greater stability, improved institutional performance, and strengthened relationships.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Drumm McNaughton With an estimated $16 Billion in additional annual College Sports revenue, leaders need to prioritize financial solutions to fulfill the recently adopted NCAA holistic model and to more fully support college athletes’ education, health, safety, well-being, and equity. There is also a lack of uniformity.

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Edu Alliance Journal

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In my own case, I came onto the academic job market in the early 1980s, a time of severe global recession when jobs in many fields, including higher education, were scarce. To some extent, this is inevitable when, say, a faculty member assumes administrative responsibilities. Research priorities may need to shift.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 21, 2023

Podcast Highlights RSIs are their communities’ primary or only post-secondary education access point and are their most critical employer by launching businesses and consuming most of their goods and services. Also, don’t fully disregard liberal arts education since students still need a well-rounded education.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The presidential turnover crisis in higher education has seen university presidents’ tenures steadily diminishing for nearly two decades, now falling significantly short of the recommended ten-year benchmark. These restrictions pose a substantial challenge for educational institutions that are committed to fostering inclusivity.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Drumm McNaughton Perspectives of a long-time R1 / AAU president that current presidents can put into use to overcome current challenges in higher education. In this episode, Dr. Drumm McNaughton invites Dr. Brit Kirwan back to discuss the dynamic and challenging landscape of higher education.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 9, 2024

Technology’s Role in Enabling Enrollment Growth Franklin University exemplifies how technology can be leveraged to enhance enrollment and streamline educational processes. This success story underscores the crucial role of technology in not only supporting administrative functions but also in driving institutional growth.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 8, 2024

The majority of protesting students are calling for their institutions to disclose their investments and to divest from any funding or connections with Israel, whether that’s through military defense contracts or in partnership with Israeli institutions. He said he found it to be a peaceful and educational environment. Dr. Charles H.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2024

This analogy highlighted the disparity between the rights and opportunities granted to white Americans and the ongoing systemic oppression faced by Black Americans. Other jobs were opened through contracts for black products and black service providers.” These jobs were added across all employment classifications.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Gavin Newsom Undocumented students in California’s higher education system may soon be able to get a job in California’s public universities and colleges. I’m putting my time and energy into my education and volunteer efforts and living on campus on my scholarship and financial aid,” she says. Gavin Newsom.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 4, 2023

The original rule was designed to monitor contracted companies that provide colleges and universities with services to manage various aspects of Federal Student Aid. Mike talks about: Why the Department penned the letter and what it says. What the Department’s position is on the regulation it’s expanding.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 27, 2025

From Upton Sinclair's 'Goose Step' to the Neoliberal University (lulu.com) Table of Contents Introduction Chapter One: Macro and Micro Analyses of Higher Education Chapter Two: Discourses On Ideology Chapter Three: Branding Chapter Four: What Do Universities Do?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 3, 2023

The fact of the strike exposes fissures in the current structure of higher education. But the contract was ratified with a split vote , with only about 62 percent of teaching assistants and 68 percent of graduate student researchers supporting the deal, compared to a 98 percent vote earlier in the fall in favor of striking.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Image: The Association for the Study of Higher Education, like many organizations, plots its annual meetings several years ahead. ” ASHE is moving its 2024 meeting to Minneapolis, even though it may incur financial costs from breaking a contract with the Hilton New Orleans Riverside. Census Bureau employment data.

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Goucher DEI

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

While diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice may be under attack at many other higher education institutions across the United States, at Goucher we remain fully committed to these principles and our goals. Hugh Dennis, director of risk management and contracts joins the Committee for this coming academic year.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Department of Education (ED) announced additional steps to facilitate submitting the 2024–25 FAFSA form. Earlier this week, the Biden-Harris administration announced new steps that will make it easier for colleges and universities to process records and allow for more time being spent to help students. On Monday, the U.S. Dr. Miguel A.

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University Business

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Ron DeSantis has been at the epicenter of higher education this past year. In K12 and higher ed, the term “woke” has plunged education into a muddy existential battle. In K12 and higher ed, the term “woke” has plunged education into a muddy existential battle. “He is taking names. .”

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The Guardian Higher Education

JUNE 11, 2024

An Orange county superior court judge late on Friday granted a temporary restraining order sought by the university, which asserted that the walkout stemmed from non-labor issues and that it violated the no-strike clause in the union’s contract. Continue reading.

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University Business

APRIL 26, 2024

Forward to today, she has secured a new contract at Hollins University that extends her role as president until 2030 and was elected chair of the board of directors for the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. Of the six major presidential higher education associations, NAICU is the only organization in the U.S.

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SRHE

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Given that individuals receive a substantial return from their investment in higher education (HE), it is right that the balance of costs should be shared between students and the state. University education would increase young people’s productivity and ingenuity, while enhancing their understanding of their responsibilities to society.

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Robert Kelchen

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Im now a veteran department head at a much better resourced university, but higher education is facing more uncertainty now than since March 2020 due to the bulldozer of the Trump administrations attempted and proposed changes. Higher education needs to do much more to convince a skeptical public of its value.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The National Center for Education Statistics has been hit hard while researchers say grant review panels have been halted. The Trump administration canceled nearly $900million in Institute of Education Sciences contracts Mondaya massive blow to a U.S. postsecondary institutions. postsecondary institutions.

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SRHE

MARCH 19, 2025

Rachel Reeds short but comprehensive book, Surviving and Thriving in Higher Education Professional Services: a guide to success (Routledge, 2025), is both an instruction manual for the professionals it was written for and an illuminating account of what they do for the academics and students who benefit.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 8, 2025

million in contracts between Columbia and the federal government and conduct a "comprehensive review" of more than $5 billion in federal grant commitments to the institution. Since October 2023, Columbia has been at the center of pro-Palestinian student protests, drawing federal scrutiny, especially from the Trump administration.

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University Business

MARCH 24, 2025

Higher education is in for a big existential fight to defend current funding levels i n fiscal year 2026. Come next year, however, higher education is at risk of taking a huge hit. The massive layoffs at the Department of Education may help members rationalize funding cuts ( if the agency still exists ).

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