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Pushing to No Longer Keep Meredith College a ‘Best-Kept Secret’

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jo Allen, the retiring president of Meredith College, enjoys the administrative part of higher ed. She enjoys being able to see how budgets function, how admissions and financial aid operate, and how campus security is run. She enjoys being able to understand how higher ed works beyond just the academic parts. “I

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Small College America – Profile: Alice Lloyd College

Edu Alliance Journal

Alice Spencer Geddes Lloyd (1876 1962) and her co-founder June Buchanan (1887 1988) were the co-founders and worked without pay on both education and fundraising for the college. Financial stability remains reliant mainly on consistent fundraising efforts and prudent asset management. and a grade of A-.

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Public Bailout Unlikely for Birmingham-Southern

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Birmingham-Southern is seeking state dollars in addition to its own fundraising efforts. Ad keywords: administrators executive institutionalfinance Editorial Tags: Business issues College administration Endowments Fund-Raising Alabama Is this diversity newsletter?: The college aims to raise $200 million by May 2026.

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After “exhausting all avenues” to avoid going under, Notre Dame College closes

University Business

Administrators from Notre Dame College in Ohio have announced that the century-old Roman Catholic school in Ohio will be closing its doors at the end of the semester. Such students can expect all their credits to transfer, and some will match their financial aid packages. The university was 126 years old.

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Small College America – Profile Wabash College

Edu Alliance Journal

He has been president since 2020, and he has been with Wabash as a professor of chemistry and administrator since 1998. Financial Aid and Scholarships Approximately 99% of Wabash students receive some form of financial assistance, making the college accessible to a diverse student body.

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How Gross Inequalities in Institutional Wealth Distort the Higher Education Ecosystem and Shortchange the Vast Majority of Middle- and Lower-Income Undergraduates

Confessions of a Community College Dean

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. The result was to anger middle-class parents while failing to increase net revenue.

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Rising need and falling enrollment shut down another small private college

University Business

Holy Names had “struggled to remain” open while administrators sought a merger as they grappled with rising operational costs, declining enrollment, and students’ increased need for financial aid. The COVID pandemic severely hindered the college’s recruiting and fundraising efforts.