Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 10, 2023

Anyone who cares deeply about American higher education needs to come to grips with a series of hard and unpleasant truths: That this country’s system of postsecondary education relegates the students with the greatest needs to the most underresourced institutions. Adapt or die. Because of a lack of accountability.

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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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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Even as endowment returns dipped, colleges tapped those assets to fund their needs. The median percentage of budgets funded by endowments was 5.3 “We’re happy to see donors supporting priorities in areas critical to the mission and future of higher education. Study respondents reported spending $25.8

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Campus Groups

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

As the leading digital student experience solution in higher education, we are continually innovating. To remain ahead of the curve, our team develops solutions together with partner campuses, and through market trend analysis. They can also create a campaign and raise money for a cause or project. Academics ?

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

AUGUST 23, 2024

This post belongs to the Hot Topic theme: Critical insights into contemporary issues in Higher Education. “I I cry myself to sleep multiple times a week because my finances are killing my mental health.” “I Pursuing Higher Education has often been a long-term aspiration for many of us.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Say what you want about the state of the economy and how it’s creating headaches for higher education institutions, but that doesn’t stop those who have mastered the art of fundraising. In the fiscal year 2022, UA raised nearly $226 million in charitable gifts and pledges, setting a fundraising record for the university.

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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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SRHE

MAY 10, 2024

by GR Evans Should higher education providers foster a ‘research culture’? As the body responsible for research under the Higher Education and Research Act (2017), UK Research and Innovation offers its own definition. Funding for them may be uncertain.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

MAY 16, 2019

For students from WP backgrounds, some of the biggest concerns about attending university are moving away from home, and the cost of financing their studies.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

AUGUST 9, 2021

Image credit: Farai Munjoma In this Spotlight post, Farai Munjoma shares his challenging journey in accessing higher education and how it inspired him to build the Shasha Network: a global network of mentors and scholars working together to close the career aspiration gap for young people across Africa.

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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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EAB

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Proactively inform students nearing graduation about what to expect, as well as available on-campus resources as they navigate loan repayment plans For some students, federal student loan payments may have been paused for the entirety of their higher education career thus far.

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SRHE

JUNE 7, 2023

by Brett Bligh, Sue Beckingham, Lesley Gourlay, and Julianne K Viola SRHE’s ‘Landscapes of Learning for Unknown Futures: prospects for space in higher education’ symposium series, delivered with Professor Sam Elkington and Dr Jill Dickinson, aims to foster continuous dialogue around learning spaces. What might this look like?

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Now, there is a new analysis based on the Federal government’s College Scorecard that ranks 4,000 higher education institutions, providing prospective students with a clear and detailed view of their earning potential with specific majors, from which colleges and universities, and how quickly graduates pay off their loans.

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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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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Drumm McNaughton discusses these shocking findings, along with where this money should go and how it must be spent, with Amy Privette Perko, CEO of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, an independent group with a legacy of impacting college sports policies to prioritize college athletic education, health, safety, and success.

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eLiterate

JULY 10, 2023

Pivots to corporate learning and development haven’t produced many great successes (although they have enabled some start-ups that would have folded to scrape along). Last year, nearly half of all EdTech funding went to one company —BYJU’S—which is now struggling to make its debt payments.

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EAB

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Just to provide you with some context, adult learners now make up 42% of total higher education revenue. After scholarships, the second source of funding was financial aid and loans, and then in third and fourth were household income and family savings. This is up considerably from our previous survey, which was 42%.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 25, 2023

Madeleine then joined the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) as its Chief Executive in January 2014, retaining that post until March 2018. About Our Podcast Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton, CEO of The Change Leader higher education consulting firm. after four years of teaching in high school.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 2, 2023

Make it possible for instructors to provide more individualized feedback and to participate in more student engagement activities (like student-faculty lunches or co-curricular activities), by, for example, shifting from 3 to 4 credit hour classes and giving faculty access to modest student engagement funds. ” Absolutely true.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 3, 2023

At stake is local control of an institution in a state that has admitted to years of inequitable funding for its only public historically Black college. A previous legislative report found between $150 and $544 million in unpaid land-grant funds should have gone to the university from fiscal years 1957 through 2007.

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SRHE

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

I took a gap year, completed an undergraduate degree, and subsequently received funding for a Master’s and a PhD. I believe I am one of the first of this new generation of highly indebted graduates to have been afforded the time and space to develop expertise around and reflect on the HE system I was a part of.

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Edu Alliance Journal

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Yet nearly 40 million people from the age of 18-64 started higher education and did not complete one degree. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Saint Louis, the US Civilian Work Force from 25-34 as of June 2022 has the following educational attainment. Attendance at educational conferences (51%). Higher Education.

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SRHE

AUGUST 6, 2024

The least successful attempt to give money to the electorate The HE electorate has rarely been courted by any party, but Prime Minister Theresa May made an exception in 2017 when she raised the repayment threshold for student loans in an ill-conceived attempt at “putting money back into the pockets of graduates with high levels of debt”.

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EAB

JUNE 8, 2023

Dismissing AI as just another hype Many higher education leaders view AI as a passing trend, like the Massive Open Online Course (MOOCs) hype of the 2010s, rather than a lasting innovation. Anecdotally, student usage is even higher. For instructors, this means devising assignments that incorporate AI but push beyond its limits.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 3, 2023

But the one-quarter finding matches up with how Julian Dautremont of AASHE, the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, describes higher ed’s commitment. How much are students willing to get involved in the cause via demands about institutional finances?

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The Change Leader, Inc.

AUGUST 15, 2023

15 August · Episode 168 Nurturing Free Speech and Respectful Dialogue in Higher Education 40 Min · By Drumm McNaughton Eric shares how faculty, staff, and students can approach free speech and respectful dialogue by conducting co-teaching practices and exercises. He brings a deep knowledge of CCU to his new role.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Recessions typically raise enrollment but the aftereffects of the pandemic are injecting yet more uncertainty into how hard the expected economic slowdown will hit higher education. What will remain typical if a recession hits is that states will surely cut higher ed funding, adds Thomas L.

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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Overall, "The Student Loan Mess" provided a critical historical analysis of the factors contributing to the crisis and suggested pathways towards a more sustainable system of higher education financing. This led to rising tuition costs as universities saw guaranteed funding, with less pressure to remain affordable.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 16, 2024

16 January · Regulatory Changes and Their Implications for Higher Education Mergers 39 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton Insights on regulatory changes, negotiated rulemaking, NC SARA, and the impact on higher education mergers. Thinking about a merger? Listen in.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 26, 2023

26 December · Episode 187 2023 Higher Education Year in Review and 2024 Predictions 55 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton Join us in our 2023 Higher Education Year in Review and Predictions for 2024. Join us in our 2023 Higher Education Year in Review and Predictions for 2024.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 6, 2023

Instead, the press release cited higher education leaders who heaped praise on the incoming dean. Faculty Senate chair Peter Summers said by email that while some High Point University faculty members raised concerns after the hire, “that was as far as it went, given our lack of authority.”

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 25, 2025

With massive staff reductions, rollback of key civil rights regulations, and a stunning shift of student loan collection authority to the Small Business Administration, higher education institutions now face a regulatory landscape unlike any before. These developments also raise critical governance considerations.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 30, 2024

30 January · Episode 192 Strategic Presidential Communication in Higher Education 42 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton This episode addresses the required strategic presidential communication training, planning, practice, and consequences for presidents and boards.

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