Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

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. Again, fair criticism. What is going on?

Libraries 94

Libraries Budget and Finance Management Finance Research 94

Campus Sonar

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

adults, down from 70% in 2013, consider a college education to be very important. Across-the-board budget cuts? How comfortable and confident are you in managing change? With a crisis of faith in the value of higher education and federal and state funding converging to similar levels, institutions are left to fill the gap.

Budget and Finance Management 59

Budget and Finance Management Alumni Admissions Industry 59

Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 3, 2023

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

Budget and Finance Management 96

Budget and Finance Management Development and Fund Raising Student Housing Government 96

Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

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?

Budget and Finance Management 137

Budget and Finance Management Development and Fund Raising Finance Government 137