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. Each time, I have updated the readings considerably as the field is moving quickly and I figure out what works best for the students. Public Administration Review, 78 (4), 626-639.

Finance 189

Finance Higher Education Budget and Finance Management Financial Aid 189

Robert Kelchen

JUNE 15, 2023

I have the pleasure of teaching my PhD class in higher education finance again at Tennessee this summer. Our students take classes year-round, and I am offering the class in a condensed five-week format this summer to best meet the needs of our students. Here is the reading list I am assigning my students for the course.

Finance 113

Finance Higher Education Budget and Finance Management Education 113

University Business

OCTOBER 3, 2023

But what bugs students about college costs isn’t just that it’s expensive; it’s because they rarely understand by how much. With how significantly students today regard colleges’ costs and scholarship packages when making their enrollment decision, it may prove wise to take a more transparent approach to student costs.

Student Financial Aid 111

Student Financial Aid Financial Aid IT Higher Education 111

Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 13, 2023

” The first concern is an admitted student’s cost of enrollment and financial resources prior to starting at the institution, and then colleges must support the student in having the resources to graduate on time. Financial aid at WashU, like many institutions, also offers virtual office hours via Zoom.

Budget and Finance Management 98

Budget and Finance Management Financial Aid Finance Student Financial Aid 98

University Business

MAY 24, 2023

Elite and Tier 1 private colleges are the only segments of higher education well-prepared to embark on the following three academic years without significant financial worries. For example, colleges must also address increasing student financial aid and decreasing private giving and endowments.

Budget and Finance Management 96

Budget and Finance Management Development and Fund Raising Student Financial Aid Financial Aid 96

Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 16, 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. Each time, I have updated the readings considerably as the field is moving quickly and I figure out what works best for the students. Public Administration Review, 78(4), 626-639.

Finance 40

Finance Higher Education Budget and Finance Management Financial Aid 40

Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

NACUBO also found that colleges increased their endowment spending, with dollars increasingly flowing toward institutional operating budgets, largely focused on student financial aid. Colleges tapped into their endowments for a variety of reasons, but primarily for student financial aid.

Budget and Finance Management 111

Budget and Finance Management DEI Development and Fund Raising Student Financial Aid 111