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Gov. Shapiro Presents Blueprint for Higher Ed Access, Affordability

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Josh Shapiro has released a new blueprint for higher education in the state, focused on competitiveness and workforce development, and grounded in access and affordability. Pennsylvania spends less on higher education than every other state except for New Hampshire, according to the Governor’s Office.

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Howard University Takes Affirmative Step, All HBCUs Need More Support

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Racial exclusion from this nation's institutions of higher education has been the norm throughout the vast history of the U.S., Racial exclusion from this nation's institutions of higher education has been the norm throughout the vast history of the U.S., Both educated the progeny of slaveholding families.

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Can higher education in Pennsylvania be saved?

University Business

Pennsylvania is facing a double-edged sword in funding its higher education system next year, so much so that Gov. Josh Shapiro proclaimed his state’s public higher education system “isn’t working. While the governor’s proposed 7.1% Chancellor of PASSHE Daniel Greenstein asked for a 3.8%

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A small college needs $2.6M to survive. It's raised $178K

Confessions of a Community College Dean

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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How Gross Inequalities in Institutional Wealth Distort the Higher Education Ecosystem and Shortchange the Vast Majority of Middle- and Lower-Income Undergraduates

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The consequence: the richest institutions can fully fund the education of lower-income students, while the vast majority of working-class and lower-middle-class undergraduates must take out loans to pay for their education. The top 3 percent holds 80 percent. Such an argument, the authors show, is grossly exaggerated.

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Rising Inflation and the Impending Tuition Squeeze

Robert Kelchen

The higher education industry is far from immune from the effects of an inflationary cycle that was largely unexpected even a few months ago. Midyear adjustments in student charges are highly unusual and typically only happen if a state withholds previously promised funding during a recession.

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Elite private colleges may be the only financially healthy segment 3 years from now

University Business

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.