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My 2025 Higher Ed Finance Reading List

Robert Kelchen

This spring is going to be quite busy for me with three faculty searches, our once-a-decade academic program review, the most travel for presentations that I have had since before the start of the pandemic, and responding to a host of media and policymaker requests about what will be happening over the next few months. Happy reading!

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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. Each time, I have updated the readings considerably as the field is moving quickly and I figure out what works best for the students. State higher education finance: FY 2022.

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Making financial wellness a priority for student success

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” The first concern is an admitted student’s cost of enrollment and financial resources prior to starting at the institution, and then colleges must support the student in having the resources to graduate on time. Financial aid at WashU, like many institutions, also offers virtual office hours via Zoom.

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Are your school’s hidden costs spooking students? Here’s how to tell it to them straight

University Business

But what bugs students about college costs isn’t just that it’s expensive; it’s because they rarely understand by how much. With how significantly students today regard colleges’ costs and scholarship packages when making their enrollment decision, it may prove wise to take a more transparent approach to student costs.

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

University Business

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. For example, colleges must also address increasing student financial aid and decreasing private giving and endowments.

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College endowments dropped in fiscal year 2022

Confessions of a Community College Dean

NACUBO also found that colleges increased their endowment spending, with dollars increasingly flowing toward institutional operating budgets, largely focused on student financial aid. Colleges tapped into their endowments for a variety of reasons, but primarily for student financial aid.

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How profound budget deficits are forcing schools to make unpopular decisions

University Business

University community members convened on Tuesday to hear her speak about its planned program and faculty cuts amid the institution’s 43% enrollment decline in 13 years and $9 million budget deficit. SUNY Potsdam plans to cut up to 14 degrees from its academic catalog, including 11 bachelor’s programs. CSU faces an astounding $1.5

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