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Have Academic Library Staffing Numbers Really Declined That Much Over the Past Decade?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

I did not do enough research to answer the questions I was posing. The idea that academic library budgets are fungible shows ignorance of how these budgets work. Students and faculty depend on academic librarians for collaboration in learning and research. 3) How are academic libraries managing with fewer people?

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A Quick Financial Q&A 

PUC

Create a budget to manage your finances effectively. Explore Financial Aid: Research and apply for scholarships, grants, and work-study programs. Financial Literacy: Educate yourself on basic financial concepts like budgeting, investing, and managing debt.

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How Can We Bring Many More Students to Math, Data and Statistical Literacy?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” Among the criticisms : That the report lacked sound research to support its claim that its approach will advance equity. As Galileo noted, the book of nature is written in the language of mathematics. Nor are arguments over how math should be taught new. I myself suffered through the new math in middle school.

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Interest rate changes could challenge universities, student loans and post 16 and vocational education

SRHE

If there is another 0.25% increase in the base rate, as is widely anticipated, this will place government and university finances under further pressure over the next few years with significant negative implications for HE students, the UK Government’s education budget in general and the further education college budget in particular.

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Governance as a topic in Higher Education Studies

SRHE

By Michael Shattock Editor’s note: Michael Shattock is the guru of governance studies in HE; SRHE Blog is delighted to bring you his invitation to researchers in HE to expand their work in governance – a definitive statement about the many contributions that governance research can make to our understanding of higher education.

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Effective University Leadership – What Does It Take?

The Change Leader, Inc.

For instance, the University of Montanas new president will step into an institution beset by multiple difficulties, including declining enrollment, budget issues, and an intense focus on campus rape, which includes a federal investigation and inclusion in bestselling author Jon Krakauers book on the subject.

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If You Were Designing Cal State Today: A Proposal Out of MIT

eLiterate

He went on to chair MIT Sloan School’s Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting; then became Deputy Dean of the school; and eventually serve for three years as the Chief Economist for the Security and Exchange Commission of the United States before returning to MIT. I was certainly right about his career prospects. And why not?