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A better way to address revenue sharing and online marketing (letter)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

In 2011, the Education Department issued a Dear Colleague letter (DCL) allowing institutions to pay a percentage of tuition revenue to providers of a bundle of services that included marketing and recruiting. At this point, nearly every nonprofit university in the U.S. The strategy worked.

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Advocacy group survey: Faculty fear backlash for free speech

Confessions of a Community College Dean

four-year public and private nonprofit universities. Colm O’Muircheartaigh, a University of Chicago professor and academic director of the university’s Center for Survey Methodology, said, “SSRS is an entirely reputable research company. This could reflect the associations made by respondents.

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Collaboration in Higher Education: How Can Universities Partner With Employers?       

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

To realize these benefits, both universities and employers must actively pursue partnerships. Contact local businesses, including nonprofits. Universities can break the ice by reaching out to local businesses that operate in the industries that align with programs they offer. Nurture new business relationships.

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3 Enrollment Boosting Strategies for Accredited Institutions: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 178 with Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Dr. David R. Decker

The Change Leader, Inc.

Program chairs of individual programs have as part of their responsibility the recruitment and maintenance of the program advisory boards, the setting of the agendas for the meetings, and the management of the meetings and communications with the board members. Drumm McNaughton: Wow, and faculty are open to that kind of direction and ideas?

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Report: U of Arkansas system may buy University of Phoenix

Confessions of a Community College Dean

But critics questioned whether Kaplan’s recruitment tactics and the value of its credentials posed reputational risks to the public institution. A few years later, in 2020, the University of Arizona, a public land-grant institution, purchased for-profit Ashford University in a deal that included roughly 35,000 students—all online.

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President moves: Yale taps next leader, plus more hires abound

University Business

Tuskegee University has found a new president in Mark Brown, a retired Air Force major general with decades of experience in the military and education leadership. With over 30 years of experience in the Air Force, he served as deputy commander of the Air Education and Training Command, which recruits, trains and educates military personnel.