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5 Focus Areas for Campus Presidents Amidst Decreasing Trust

Campus Sonar

adults, down from 70% in 2013, consider a college education to be very important. Across-the-board budget cuts? However this work requires expertise that is typically fairly new to campus administrators. How comfortable and confident are you in managing change? Brain drain and unimaginable pressure on the staff who stays.

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Tennessee State cites past underfunding as cause of problems

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Mumpower told lawmakers that university leaders should have foreseen a housing crisis, given that it more than quadrupled its 2022–23 scholarship budget to $28.3 “In the fall of 2021, management decided to conduct an extensive recruiting campaign to bring in more students, which by itself is not an issue. million, from $5.2

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The Student Loan Mess: Next Chapters?

Higher Education Inquirer

Overall, "The Student Loan Mess" provided a critical historical analysis of the factors contributing to the crisis and suggested pathways towards a more sustainable system of higher education financing. Debates on the role of government and private lenders in financing higher education continued. Next Chapters?