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. Take duty of loyalty, for example.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 20, 2023

The hostile takeover of public higher education in Florida continues, as seen in the latest higher education bill introduced in the state’s House of Representatives. However, that stance ignores the nature of the working relationship between professors and their employers.

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SRHE

MAY 10, 2024

by GR Evans Should higher education providers foster a ‘research culture’? As the body responsible for research under the Higher Education and Research Act (2017), UK Research and Innovation offers its own definition. That has remained the case with UCU’s ‘Post-1992 National Contract’.

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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’. 2(5)(d) and s.2

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SRHE

JULY 15, 2022

Helen Perkins was appointed as Director of the Society for Research into Higher Education in 2004. The benefits were such that the Society was able to introduce its now established series of annual research grants. by Rob Cuthbert, SRHE News Editor. The range, scope and quality of SRHE’s journals have continued to grow.

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Higher Ed Connects: News

AUGUST 23, 2019

This article was originally appeared in The Chronicle for Higher Education on August 7, 2019, written by Goldie Blumenstyk. Lots of higher-education leaders and faculty members should be paying attention to that, even if they don’t care about the future of OPMs, or even know what those initials mean. I suspect, not very.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

AUGUST 29, 2023

29 August · Episode 170 Improving Presidential Tenure and Effectiveness in Higher Education 30 Min · By Drumm McNaughton Insights for universities to cultivate longer and more impactful presidential tenures, resulting in greater stability, improved institutional performance, and strengthened relationships.

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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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Great College Advice

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

A 2007 survey from the Association on Higher Education and Disability reported that just 28% of students with learning disabilities graduate from college. They often require students to sign a contract and charge additional fees ranging from $2,000 to $8,000 a year. Fewer than 100 schools fall into this category.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 4, 2023

The original rule was designed to monitor contracted companies that provide colleges and universities with services to manage various aspects of Federal Student Aid. How higher ed has been reacting to the letter. About the Podcast Guest Mike Goldstein Mike Goldstein has a long history of close engagement with higher education.

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SRHE

JANUARY 18, 2023

Higher Education Cinderella has been condemned to a life of servitude, enforced by the ugly sisters DfE and the Office for Students (you can’t usually tell them apart). Cinderella would love to go but has no well-paid staff to wear; the DfE and OfS ugly sisters prepare eagerly by appointing more recruitment consultants.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JULY 12, 2023

12 July · Episode 163 Higher Ed Cybersecurity, MOVEit Hack, and 3rd-Party Risk 32 Min · By Drumm McNaughton The recent MOVEit hack has put higher ed cybersecurity and third-party risk top of mind. The recent MOVEit hack has serious implications for higher education. There are nine elements.

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University Business

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Some college boards are choosing unconventional candidates for the president position to grant it a fresh pair of eyes and a bold new direction. As a representative, Johnson has commented on higher education’s bias toward a “liberal ideology” and believed the sector needed more diversity of opinion.

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Goucher DEI

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

While diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice may be under attack at many other higher education institutions across the United States, at Goucher we remain fully committed to these principles and our goals. Hugh Dennis, director of risk management and contracts joins the Committee for this coming academic year.

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Parchment

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

It’s such a sexy topic in higher education. I think that, you know, to that latter part of the question of why you might be interested in investing time, resources, personnel, you know, into this in, if you’re, you know, maybe in the higher education. We’re not good at hiring.

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Parchment

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

It’s such a sexy topic in higher education. I think that, you know, to that latter part of the question of why you might be interested in investing time, resources, personnel, you know, into this in, if you’re, you know, maybe in the higher education. We’re not good at hiring.

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SRHE

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

by GR Evans A change of government has not changed the government’s power to intrude upon the autonomy of providers of higher education, which is constrained chiefly by its being limited to the financial. She promised those for the future, ‘To build a higher education system fit for the challenges not just of today but of tomorrow’.

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SRHE

MARCH 19, 2025

Rachel Reeds short but comprehensive book, Surviving and Thriving in Higher Education Professional Services: a guide to success (Routledge, 2025), is both an instruction manual for the professionals it was written for and an illuminating account of what they do for the academics and students who benefit.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2023 has been a year notable for its ups and downs on the higher education landscape with the elimination of affirmative action and the implosion of President Joe Biden’s student relief program. Those who did not receive a Pell Grant would have been eligible for up to $10,000 in relief.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 16, 2025

The Biden Department of Education announced today it has approved $4.5 It also announced it would seek to ban Andrew Clark, the CEO of Ashfords demised parent company, Zovio, from contracting with the federal government. Under Secretary of Education James Kvaal said in a statement today. The verdict was upheld on appeal.

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Higher Education Inquirer

OCTOBER 2, 2024

What happens to higher education if Trump wins November’s election? We’ve been exploring this question over the past year, including months of reading, analysis, reflection, and conversation about Project 2025 might mean for higher education. [Editor's Note: This article first appeared at BryanAlexander.org.]

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University Business

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

19) Over $1 billion worth of contracts with education nonprofits have gone up in flames over the past 10 days, and public institutions may soon need to close DEI-related programming, according to another wave of executive orders from President Donald Trump. The IES is one of the country’s largest funders of education research.

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Higher Education Inquirer

OCTOBER 31, 2024

In April 2021, Independence’s accreditor, ACCSC, ended its approval of Independence University , which by then was CEHE’s main school, effectively repealing its eligibility for federal student grants and loans. Department of Education restricted the flow of such aid. Soon after, the U.S.

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