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Investing in Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

After receiving the money in 2021, PCC – like many of the schools – chose to place it in a fund, the proceeds of which the college has been using to finance in-house innova- tion around education and student support. The former gives disadvantaged students at the community college the chance to take on research project opportunities.

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Building the Dream Team: How to Form a Digital Transformation Committee for Your Institution

Creatrix Campus

Committees bring multiple viewpoints to address the full gamut of challenges: experience from information technology (IT), administration, faculty, and other departments. Subject Matter Masters SMEs offer digital transformation competence (admissions, student services, tech). They manage spending, finance, and project budget.

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President moves: Recent resignations show 3 reasons why a leader steps down

University Business

Ward will be remembered for developing a more holistic student experience by overseeing the creation of a new student services department and reorganizing the school curriculum, Iowa Capital Dispatch reports. Cloud State’s vice president for finance and administration is scheduled to step into Wacker’s role on May 5.

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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

I’m not referring here to faculty salaries or reduced teaching loads or class size or breadth of programs or extensive support services—all of which are good things (within limits). Meanwhile, expenditures on administration, even excluding student services and student life, have increased markedly.

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How to expand opportunities for Hispanic adult learners in nursing and healthcare

EAB

As my colleague Lilia explained , nursing programs struggle to recruit and retain faculty due to the sizeable pay gap between academic and practitioner roles, high retirement rates among existing faculty, and a poor student understanding of the faculty role, which makes it unlikely that current students will pursue educator careers.

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How to bridge the payment gap and exceed student expectations

University Business

However, implementing a payment service provider can quickly boost efficiency, strengthen security, and ensure compliance with industry standards such as PCI DSS. More from UB: Faculty pay is arbitrary—and that’s putting it nicely! Universities have a variety of options to change this narrative.

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Tennessee State cites past underfunding as cause of problems

Confessions of a Community College Dean

His proposal won approval in the General Assembly and the university in January announced its plans to renovate several academic and student services buildings. Artenzia Young-Seigler, chair of the university’s Faculty Senate, said in a phone interview she supports the president’s plan and the current Board of Trustees.