Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The deadline to raise the $2.6 So far, the college has raised $178,000, according to an email sent to supporters earlier this week. Meanwhile, the King’s College is exploring partnerships even as it courts donors, hoping a higher education savior will step up if the generosity of philanthropists doesn’t come through.

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Development and Fund Raising Budget and Finance Management IT Fundraising 102

University Business

MAY 24, 2023

Higher education gained an unlikely asset during the pandemic, and it came in the shape of billions of federal emergency funding. 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.

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

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. Even as endowment returns dipped, colleges tapped those assets to fund their needs. The median percentage of budgets funded by endowments was 5.3

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Parchment

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Credit for Prior Learning has long been utilized by higher education to award credit for work, life or training experience. But what the credential lab is doing at Higher Learning Commission is creating with generous funding from Lumina Foundation and ECMC Foundation, two work streams. Yeah, please.

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Veteran and Military Services Development and Fund Raising Community College Faculty 52

EAB

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

With more than two-thirds of community college students requesting aid annually, 30% being Pell-eligible, 16% being single parents —and inflation at a perilous high—everyone is feeling the effects of one more line-item in the household budget each month. As mentioned previously, finances are the leading reason students stop out of college.

Community College 59

Community College Budget and Finance Management Marketing and Communication Services Financial Aid 59

eLiterate

OCTOBER 25, 2022

I’ll be developing and calling out tags I use for these themes so that you can go to an archive page on each one. J-WEL is one of many funded centers at MIT. clearly never lost his passion as an educator. As I outlined recently in my “ e-Literate’s Changing Themes for Changing Times ” post, I am shifting my coverage somewhat.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 9, 2024

Technology’s Role in Enabling Enrollment Growth Franklin University exemplifies how technology can be leveraged to enhance enrollment and streamline educational processes. This trend highlights the importance of institutions knowing their strengths and using technology to develop niche, world-class programs.

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Computers and Informational Technology Budget and Finance Management Development and Fund Raising Higher Education 52