Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 3, 2023

Image: Higher education associations, study abroad organizations, colleges and universities, and others are calling on the Department of Education to rescind guidance issued earlier this year that would expand the definition of outside companies that are subject the department’s oversight.

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University Business

APRIL 14, 2025

Department of Education laid off nearly all federal staff responsible for managing, analyzing and interpreting higher education data through the National Center for Education Statistics. Much of the media was focused on challenges to DEI, the loss of research grants and immigration visits to campuses.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

OCTOBER 2, 2021

In this second post of our five-part series on Embracing a New Higher Education Governance Model , we discuss the updated board duties in higher ed and how boards can embrace their new roles and responsibilities as they work to meet the challenges facing colleges and universities today.

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University Business

APRIL 26, 2024

Forward to today, she has secured a new contract at Hollins University that extends her role as president until 2030 and was elected chair of the board of directors for the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. Of the six major presidential higher education associations, NAICU is the only organization in the U.S.

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University Business

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Fraud investigations are on the rise in higher education institutions. The False Claims Act (“FCA”) is a unique fraud-fighting statute, which lets ordinary citizens step into the shoes of the government to recover fraudulent gains. Any program, contract or grant involving government dollars can fall under the FCA.

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SRHE

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

I was a member of the first cohort of school-leavers expected to take out the government loans to pay the then new £9000 university fees in 2012-13. Given that individuals receive a substantial return from their investment in higher education (HE), it is right that the balance of costs should be shared between students and the state.

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University Business

JANUARY 11, 2024

Public and private colleges and universities have long enjoyed independence from federal governing bodies over the nature of their operations. In the last few months, however, higher education has become the center of controversy relating to several developments integral to national interest. “Ultimately, as the U.S.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 20, 2023

The hostile takeover of public higher education in Florida continues, as seen in the latest higher education bill introduced in the state’s House of Representatives. ” Language in the bill would also ban any general education core courses from including an array of critical schools of thought such as CRT.

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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. It began to be taken for granted that universities would be responsible for research as well as teaching.

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SRHE

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Fixed-term contracts have long been the norm for research-only contracts, which are usually dependent on short-term funding from a external grant. However, the Equality Act of 2010, making it discriminatory to enforce retirement by age, has helped to discourage contracts promising ‘permanence’. 2(5)(d) and s.2

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SRHE

JULY 15, 2022

Helen Perkins was appointed as Director of the Society for Research into Higher Education in 2004. Meanwhile Helen’s negotiating skills were also put to good use in successive new long-term contracts with publishers Taylor & Francis and Wiley, achieving for the Society a level of financial security unimaginable only a few years earlier.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

AUGUST 29, 2023

29 August · Episode 170 Improving Presidential Tenure and Effectiveness in Higher Education 30 Min · By Drumm McNaughton Insights for universities to cultivate longer and more impactful presidential tenures, resulting in greater stability, improved institutional performance, and strengthened relationships.

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Higher Education Inquirer

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

These funds allowed them to maintain their operations and continue offering high-quality education. Government Support: In some cases, elite universities received government support, such as grants or contracts, to help them weather the economic downturn. This decrease in revenue put pressure on their budgets.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Drumm McNaughton With an estimated $16 Billion in additional annual College Sports revenue, leaders need to prioritize financial solutions to fulfill the recently adopted NCAA holistic model and to more fully support college athletes’ education, health, safety, well-being, and equity. Meanwhile, the NCAA will govern all other sports.

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Great College Advice

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

A 2007 survey from the Association on Higher Education and Disability reported that just 28% of students with learning disabilities graduate from college. Perhaps this is because many students want to shed the label and stigma of “special education” and are unwilling to ask for the help they need. How do things change in college?

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JULY 16, 2018

Colleges and universities are not known for making rapid changes, although many who work in higher education especially faculty members — have strong feelings about the ways others need to change. Yet with change happening so quickly and in so many ways, the role of faculty members has to change. That trend has continued.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The presidential turnover crisis in higher education has seen university presidents’ tenures steadily diminishing for nearly two decades, now falling significantly short of the recommended ten-year benchmark. These restrictions pose a substantial challenge for educational institutions that are committed to fostering inclusivity.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JULY 18, 2023

David shares how much the cost of education has risen from 1969 to 2020, why most college and university managers plan to budget, why this doesn’t help address the problem, and what higher ed can do to improve this. In 1969, the cost of public college education was $1,545 per year, 19% of the median household income.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Drumm McNaughton Perspectives of a long-time R1 / AAU president that current presidents can put into use to overcome current challenges in higher education. In this episode, Dr. Drumm McNaughton invites Dr. Brit Kirwan back to discuss the dynamic and challenging landscape of higher education.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 21, 2023

Podcast Highlights RSIs are their communities’ primary or only post-secondary education access point and are their most critical employer by launching businesses and consuming most of their goods and services. Also, don’t fully disregard liberal arts education since students still need a well-rounded education.

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Edu Alliance Journal

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In my own case, I came onto the academic job market in the early 1980s, a time of severe global recession when jobs in many fields, including higher education, were scarce. Funding opportunities and grant support may be harder to come by or mainly restricted to nationals of the country. Import of laboratory equipment is costly.

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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. Therefore, technology is playing an important role in addressing these broad megatrends and reshaping the landscape of higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2024

This analogy highlighted the disparity between the rights and opportunities granted to white Americans and the ongoing systemic oppression faced by Black Americans. Other jobs were opened through contracts for black products and black service providers.” These jobs were added across all employment classifications.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Gavin Newsom Undocumented students in California’s higher education system may soon be able to get a job in California’s public universities and colleges. I’m putting my time and energy into my education and volunteer efforts and living on campus on my scholarship and financial aid,” she says. Gavin Newsom.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

And with efforts to pass a short-term spending bill that will keep government funding alive through October 31 appearing unfruitful, a federal government shutdown next week appears imminent. 1,” said John Fansmith, senior vice president of government relations at the American Council on Education, in its Sept.

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University Business

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Ron DeSantis has been at the epicenter of higher education this past year. In K12 and higher ed, the term “woke” has plunged education into a muddy existential battle. In K12 and higher ed, the term “woke” has plunged education into a muddy existential battle. “He is taking names.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 4, 2023

The original rule was designed to monitor contracted companies that provide colleges and universities with services to manage various aspects of Federal Student Aid. About the Podcast Guest Mike Goldstein Mike Goldstein has a long history of close engagement with higher education. How higher ed has been reacting to the letter.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 27, 2025

From Upton Sinclair's 'Goose Step' to the Neoliberal University (lulu.com) Table of Contents Introduction Chapter One: Macro and Micro Analyses of Higher Education Chapter Two: Discourses On Ideology Chapter Three: Branding Chapter Four: What Do Universities Do?

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SRHE

JANUARY 18, 2023

The year-long pantomime that was government in 2022 started trying to be managerial and serious, just as the true pantomime season got into full swing and TV started showing the usual repeats specials. Jack lived in desperately poor circumstances with his departmental colleagues, until one day all he had left was one research grant.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 3, 2023

The fact of the strike exposes fissures in the current structure of higher education. But the contract was ratified with a split vote , with only about 62 percent of teaching assistants and 68 percent of graduate student researchers supporting the deal, compared to a 98 percent vote earlier in the fall in favor of striking.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

For one thing, he objected to its tradition of endorsing a candidate for student government president—a tradition shared by a significant but dwindling number of traditional news outlets—arguing that it is not “fair” to use a media platform to “influence students.”

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Image: The Association for the Study of Higher Education, like many organizations, plots its annual meetings several years ahead. ” ASHE is moving its 2024 meeting to Minneapolis, even though it may incur financial costs from breaking a contract with the Hilton New Orleans Riverside. Census Bureau employment data.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JULY 12, 2023

The recent MOVEit hack has serious implications for higher education. EDUCAUSE’s Higher Education Community Vendor Assessment Toolkit (HECVAT) framework helps address third-party risk. The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act that took effect in early June of 2023 required higher education institutions to meet the elements of those rule changes.

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Parchment

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

It’s such a sexy topic in higher education. I think that, you know, to that latter part of the question of why you might be interested in investing time, resources, personnel, you know, into this in, if you’re, you know, maybe in the higher education. Like, how is this actually impacting and benefiting learners?

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Parchment

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

It’s such a sexy topic in higher education. I think that, you know, to that latter part of the question of why you might be interested in investing time, resources, personnel, you know, into this in, if you’re, you know, maybe in the higher education. Like, how is this actually impacting and benefiting learners?

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SRHE

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

by GR Evans A change of government has not changed the government’s power to intrude upon the autonomy of providers of higher education, which is constrained chiefly by its being limited to the financial. Government can also issue guidance to the regulator, the Office for Students, and that guidance may be detailed.

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Robert Kelchen

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Im now a veteran department head at a much better resourced university, but higher education is facing more uncertainty now than since March 2020 due to the bulldozer of the Trump administrations attempted and proposed changes. The higher education field still bears scars from the pandemic, and one key one is the need for financial liquidity.

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