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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. Friedman, J.

Finance 189
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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. 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. Happy reading! Dans & S.

Finance 100
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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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Alleged Payment to Lobbyist Latest in Fiscal Concerns for Community College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Faren Siminoff For the Nassau Community College Federation of Teachers (NCCFT), led by President Dr. Faren Siminoff, concerns are ongoing about the financial management of the community college. The NCCFT plans to rally at the Nassau County legislature June 10, regarding Nassau Community College’s budget and finance issues.

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Which Colleges Always Lose Money?

Robert Kelchen

Now that a new year of data on institutional finances (through Fiscal Year 2023) came out through the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System , I am revisiting this and also including public universities. Federal covid relief funds are now gone, however, and state budgets look wobbly.

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JUAN J. CASTILLO

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Castillo, who has served as the Vice President for Finance and Administration at TAMIU since 2008, will oversee the university’s operations following the unexpected passing of President Pablo Arenaz. Castillo Castillo brings more than 30 years of management experience, having held key roles in both higher education and the corporate sector.

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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