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Passionate pleas for and against tuition-sharing agreements

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The Education Department announced last month that it would revisit nearly three decades of policy making under Title IV of the Higher Education Act that has largely restricted colleges from paying recruiters based on how many students they enroll. ” Colleges have given OPMs too much authority over their programs.

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Community colleges suffer from employee shortages

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The institutions lost 13 percent of their employees nationally from January 2020 to April 2022, according to an estimate from EAB, a higher education consulting firm. She also noted that a growing lack of financial aid officers at the colleges risks slowing down the processing of student financial aid paperwork.

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Introducing the ATC Scholarship: A tool to empower college and career endeavors

College Forward

In an exciting collaboration, ATC has joined forces with College Possible Milwaukee to establish a scholarship program aimed at supporting and empowering scholars to achieve their higher education and career goals. College Possible will help connect us with students who we hope to someday see among our employees.”

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CPL for Incremental & Non-Credit Credentials

Parchment

Credit for Prior Learning has long been utilized by higher education to award credit for work, life or training experience. But over on Title IV funding streams for Pell and other forms of student financial aid, I think there’s a growing recognition across the board Matthew Sterenberg (10:25.919) So.

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President moves: New hires, plus retiring leaders being lauded for their pandemic strategy

University Business

Among higher education’s most recent presidential comings and goings, we have a mix of vetted academics and professionals who draw on the wealth of their outside experience. Lynch is a first-generation student and native New Yorker, earning his baccalaureate and doctoral degrees from CUNY colleges.

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Higher Ed Cybersecurity, MOVEit Hack, and 3rd-Party Risk: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 163 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Brian Kelly

The Change Leader, Inc.

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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Budget Freezes Are Coming for Higher Education

Robert Kelchen

Im now a veteran department head at a much better resourced university, but higher education is facing more uncertainty now than since March 2020 due to the bulldozer of the Trump administrations attempted and proposed changes. Higher education needs to do much more to convince a skeptical public of its value.