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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. This is my absolute favorite class to teach, as it aligns well with my research areas and on-the-ground experience as a cog in the bureaucratic machine at two different universities. Understanding budgets.

Finance 100
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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. Understanding budgets.

Finance 189
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Documenting the Growth of Responsibility Center Management Budget Models in Public Higher Education

Robert Kelchen

One popular way of doing this is through responsibility center management (RCM) budget models, which base a portion of a unit’s budget on their ability to effectively generate and use resources. [1] 3] There has been a clear and steady uptick in the number of public universities with active RCM models, reaching 68 by 2023.

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My 2023 Higher Education Finance Reading List

Robert Kelchen

I have the pleasure of teaching my PhD class in higher education finance again at Tennessee this summer. Instead, I use articles, working papers, and other online resources to provide a current look at the state of higher education finance. The higher education finance landscape and data sources Chetty, R., Friedman, J.

Finance 113
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My 2022 Higher Education Finance Reading List

Robert Kelchen

I am teaching a remote synchronous PhD class in higher education finance as my first course at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Instead, I use articles, working papers, and other online resources to provide a current look at the state of higher education finance. The higher education finance landscape and data sources.

Finance 113
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Ten Thoughts on the Future of Higher Education Finance

Robert Kelchen

(I have a modest administrative stipend in the summer, but remain a nine-month faculty member and can devote most of my time to research.) My higher education finance class this spring was a blast, as I try to make the most of getting into the classroom on a limited basis. 3) The days of adding programs willy-nilly are over.

Finance 100
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College endowments dropped in fiscal year 2022

Confessions of a Community College Dean

NACUBO also found that colleges increased their endowment spending, with dollars increasingly flowing toward institutional operating budgets, largely focused on student financial aid. The median percentage of budgets funded by endowments was 5.3 percent overall average return in 2021.