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Why Worry?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Unionization With Princeton and Stanford next on the graduate student unionization front, it’s clear that universities have become the hotbed of labor organizing. Which university receives more taxpayer dollars from the federal government per student?” percent in 2004 to 54.4 percent in 2021.

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The Changing Face of Higher Ed Part 4: Student Issues

The Change Leader, Inc.

Census Bureau that provides data that helps Texas higher education students i compare the earning power over time based on their majors. This tool is revolutionary because the federal government has banned collecting and reporting student-level information because of privacy concerns since 2008.

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2023 Higher Education Year in Review and 2024 Predictions: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 187 with Host Deborah Maue and Guest Dr. Drumm McNaughton

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The federal government’s COVID assistance played a critical role in temporarily sustaining institutions, particularly smaller colleges, which otherwise faced the risk of closure. And even in Ohio, just recently with their bringing in a new president, that whole process, I actually had a phone call from a student.