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How profound budget deficits are forcing schools to make unpopular decisions

University Business

University community members convened on Tuesday to hear her speak about its planned program and faculty cuts amid the institution’s 43% enrollment decline in 13 years and $9 million budget deficit. Precipitous enrollment declines in higher education nationally are the most recognizable culprit for the budget deficit issue.

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Have Academic Library Staffing Numbers Really Declined That Much Over the Past Decade?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The idea that academic library budgets are fungible shows ignorance of how these budgets work. Over the past couple of weeks, I worked with a number of academic librarians and an expert in higher ed finance to create a series of Q&As that explored academic library funding. The data available spans from 2012 to 2020.

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Dual enrollment can be costly for community colleges

Confessions of a Community College Dean

For example, dual-enrollment students made up 11 percent of overall enrollment at Tennessee community colleges in 2012, and that share rose to 20.7 percent of its total budget. “We need to figure out ways to support students regardless of the potential costs, because budgets are our value statements.” percent and 2.8

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The State of EdTech: OPMs, Risk Planning, and Generative AI: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 189 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Phill Hill

The Change Leader, Inc.

Reflecting on the emergence of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) like Udacity and Coursera around 2011-2012, there was initial hype about their potential to fundamentally transform higher education. And the intention was primarily in the online program management market. 00:35:23] Drumm McNaughton: Mm-Hmm.

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$16B College Sports Revenue and Regulations: Knight Commission Insights: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 171 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Amy Privette Perko

The Change Leader, Inc.

In January 2012, Perko received the NCAA’s prestigious Silver Anniversary Award, which is given to six former college athletes on the occasion of their 25th anniversary from college participation in recognition of their civic and professional contributions. So there have been some real positives. But now we have to do it moving forward.

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Higher education as a politicians’ playground

SRHE

Student fees have been frozen at £9250 for a decade, and their real value has declined to the extent that they are now worth no more than the £6000 which applied in 2012 before the fee went to £9000. According to Mark Corver of DataHE: “… universities have lost, in real terms, around a third of their income since 2012.

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Creating a data-informed campus: part 3

EAB

On-demand webinar Building a Culture of Data Confidence Learn more about effective data management and how institutional culture impacts the use of data. Similarly, I have attended department meetings across the organization, from finance to human resources to facilities, to understand the challenges that they face. link] Hillman, N.,