Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 3, 2023

The department wrote a Dear Colleague letter in February that said any entity involved with the administration of an institution’s federal student aid is considered a third-party servicer, which puts them under the department’s oversight authority and subjects the companies’ contracts with institutions to regular audits.

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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

AUGUST 27, 2024

This “invisible housing crisis” can also disrupt efforts to attract and retain talented faculty and staff, according to a report last year from the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area. Some bold colleges and universities are expanding homeownership programs to keep faculty and staff in the community.

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University Business

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Federal officials discovered that land-grant HBCUs in 16 states have been underfunded compared to their neighboring, predominantly white research universities by more than $12 billion since 1987. Its mission is to help underfunded schools navigate the often complex research and contracting processes necessary to win federal funding.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JULY 16, 2018

What is the future role of faculty for institutions of higher learning? 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. The Challenge to Tenure Is tenure dated?

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Higher Education Inquirer

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Faculty Salaries: Some universities had to reduce faculty salaries or even lay off staff to cut costs. However, many institutions were able to maintain their core faculty and avoid significant cuts. This decrease in revenue put pressure on their budgets.

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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’.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

AUGUST 29, 2023

This can be accomplished by addressing ineffective presidential onboarding processes and shared governance best practices , among others. Shared governance in consultation with representative bodies must be respected. The community must have demonstrated respect, trust, confidence, and commitment to consultation and shared governance.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

By 2032, according to a new report from Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics in partnership with CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen), college sports revenue, including college football playoff revenue and new lucrative conference media contracts, is projected to reach $16 billion annually for 54 schools with the most lucrative football programs.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

This balancing act becomes even more complex as they endeavor to address the expectations of faculty members, a substantial portion of whom advocate for inclusivity within the curriculum and campus environment. This significantly diminishes effective board governance. It doesn’t take a Ph.D.

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Edu Alliance Journal

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

When I broke with all expectations and accepted a faculty position at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1982, I figured I would likely teach there 2-3 years before returning to more familiar territory in the United States. To some extent, this is inevitable when, say, a faculty member assumes administrative responsibilities.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Prior to his presidency, he was a member of the University of Maryland mathematics faculty for 24 years. In 2009, he received the Carnegie Corporation Leadership Award, which included a $500,000 grant to support USM academic priorities. I had the great good fortune to, graduate from college, the University of Kentucky.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 21, 2023

In addition, RSIs receive fewer donations and competitive federal grants because reviewers from federal agencies don’t understand them. I was a physics major undergraduate and ended up getting into board governance. The federal government alone uses dozens of definitions. Koricich earned a Ph.D. I am totally impressed.

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Great College Advice

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

In this environment, school faculty and staff understand the complexities of managing life with a learning disability. They often require students to sign a contract and charge additional fees ranging from $2,000 to $8,000 a year. They offer modified coursework and specially trained staff that monitor individual student progress.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JULY 18, 2023

Adding to the rising tuition costs, most administrators discuss expanding departments or hiring new faculty versus cost-cutting and reducing tuition—many plan to construct a new building once a year or every other year. Bring in a consultant or have faculty figure out ways to increase revenue without raising tuition.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 9, 2024

This technology might simplify content creation to meet academic standards while keeping faculty in control of what’s taught. Phill on LinkedIn → About the Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton , host of Changing Higher Ed ® podcast, is a consultant to higher education institutions in governance, accreditation, strategy and change, and mergers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Dual rules This situation is equally upsetting for many members of the faculty and staff. “As He says the idea for the bill came “from the failure of the federal government regarding immigration policy, especially when it comes to young people who often come here as infants.” He has not publicly taken a position on the legislation.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 31, 2023

He told Inside Higher Ed , by email, he is “unaware of any perks” and declined to discuss payments he received as a faculty member. Penn State, for its part, is unwilling to share any details of Spanier’s exit agreement.

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University Business

DECEMBER 12, 2023

His interest in divorcing higher education from what he perceives as a far-left agenda antithetical to American democracy has invited judges, faculty and administration, and similarly skeptical conservatives across state lines to deliberate on the current state of higher education. “He is taking names. “Be wary and be aware.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 3, 2023

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. New contracts take time to implement. and South Africa. It behooves the university to listen.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 27, 2025

We realize that, while we address extensively institutional changes and policies at Purdue, Indianas Land Grant University, our interest is in using this case study to illustrate larger patterns and issues that should be of concern to readers who care about the future of higher education in a broader sense.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JULY 12, 2023

Institutions must annually vet employees granted access to information and ensure more people haven’t been granted access. About the Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton , the host of Changing Higher Ed ® podcast , is a consultant to higher ed institutions in governance, accreditation, strategy and change, and mergers.

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Robert Kelchen

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

I had stepped in as the department chair at Seton Hall just a few months prior, but I immediately stepped into action by trying to prepare my faculty and staff as much as possible for a period of remote operations. We are in outstanding financial shape overall, but there is no telling what will happen in the coming weeks and months.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2025

In an unprecedented move that signals escalating tensions between the federal government and higher education institutions, the Trump administration has frozen more than $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts to Harvard University after the institution refused to comply with demands to limit campus activism.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 8, 2025

million in contracts between Columbia and the federal government and conduct a "comprehensive review" of more than $5 billion in federal grant commitments to the institution. This announcement comes just four days after the task force revealed it would consider stop work orders for $51.4 This is our number one priority."

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University Business

APRIL 21, 2025

Faculty senates across prominent colleges and universities are urging their leaders to adopt a special policy to fightthe Trump administration’s recent attacks on institutions’ federal funding: a mutual defense compact. Each is geared toward state institutions and the country’s 250 public land-grant universities.

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Higher Education Inquirer

MARCH 24, 2025

His rhetoric about political correctness and safe spaces served as a rallying cry for conservative students and faculty, but also sparked fierce resistance from progressives and academics who felt that free speech and intellectual diversity were under threat. Dismantling the U.S. Department of Education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2022

And since then, most faculty members and students have been thriving with either a hybrid model or in-person classes. Using the authority Congress granted to the Department of Education, we will forgive $10,000 in outstanding student federal loans. Biden Administration U.S. The Eighth U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Per the one-time federal student loan debt relief effort, Pell Grant recipients who earned within a certain amount of income during the pandemic — less than $125,000 for individuals and under $250,000 for married couples or heads of households — would have had up to $20,000 in debt forgiven. in government from Harvard. Approximately 2.9

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Higher Education Inquirer

OCTOBER 2, 2024

361) More ambitiously, the new government could just privatize loans. 333) This culture war move could have another legal feature, given the call to amend FERPA in order to make it easier for college students to sue the government for privacy violations, in response to school support of transgender and nonbinary students.

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