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Fostering Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He describes his current work as “being a thought leader, resource person and a fundraiser, a person looking at innovative ways to implement some of our programs and activities that we provide for students at UCLA.” AAP staff works with students, faculty, and staff at those schools and at UCLA to create pathways.

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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). Many major urban school systems require schools to split revenue raised by fundraising campaigns or grants.

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The Forces That Are Shaping the Future of Higher Education

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Multimillion-dollar donations and multibillion-dollar fundraising campaigns proliferate. Arkansas’s Henderson State cut its faculty and staff from 330 to 230. Sure, colleges offered more online classes and made more support services available remotely. International enrollment nearly returned to pre-pandemic levels.

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President moves: 2 leaders’ last dances and a search committee stuck in the mud

University Business

Instead, he will be returning as a full-time faculty member. Student support services may be easier to fund thanks to a $20 billion addition to Yale’s endowment since Salovey took office. Smart led Missouri State’s two biggest fundraising campaigns, collecting $441 million in total.

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Wealth and Want Part 3: Dispossession, Inequality, Underfunding, and Debt

Higher Education Inquirer

The Price of "Savage Inequalities" The underfunding of these institutions has a profound impact: Limited Student Outcomes: Students face inadequate advising, limited course offerings, and insufficient support services. This can lead to lower graduation rates and hinder their academic success.

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Wealth and Want

Higher Education Inquirer

These endowments are often the result of centuries of fundraising, donations, and strategic investments. Due to historical factors, systemic racism, and limited funding sources, these institutions often struggle to provide adequate resources, faculty, and facilities. For some of these schools, it began with land theft and forced labor.

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These 2 colleges avoided closings in March by merger, acquisition

University Business

We are committed to securing the best possible options for our students, faculty and staff and believe this merger with Villanova offers the best opportunity to ensure that the Rosemont College history and legacy endures.” million fundraising effort provided by over one thousand donations saved the school from closing last spring.