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Opinion | #BamaRush shows what’s wrong with public higher ed

University Business

#BamaRush is not just a racialized system (the schools sororities were unofficially segregated until 2013 ), it’s a system shaped by a troubling shift in college admissions: public universities heavily recruit out-of-state students from affluent, predominantly white high schools because as nonresidents they pay higher tuition.

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Univ. of Phoenix is the Top Recipient of GI Bill Funding

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Between 2013 and 2021, the Department of Veterans Affairs gave the for-profit institution $1.6 While the University of Phoenix remains among the top recipients of GI Bill funds, its annual cut has shrunk, from $391 million in fiscal year 2013–14 to $73 million in 2020–21.

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College presidents move to cultural institutions (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

One of the complexities of college leadership is that a president typically has approximately nine different constituencies (students, parents, alumni, donors, faculty, staff, local, state and federal government, at the least) whose views are not only not aligned, but frequently diametrically opposed to one another.

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5 Focus Areas for Campus Presidents Amidst Decreasing Trust

Campus Sonar

And no wonder—in 1990, state-per-student funding was almost 140% more than that of the federal government. But in the last two decades, the gap between state and federal funding narrowed, with state funding per student only 12% above federal levels in 2015.

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Leveraging PEP and EMI Data to Improve Institutional Value and Student ROI: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 173 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Michael Itzkowitz

The Change Leader, Inc.

billion in grants and establish policy for nearly $120 billion in Federal student aid every year. The scorecard, announced by President Obama in February 2013, is the largest release of higher education data ever by the federal government. Now I totally understand what you’re saying.

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I Went on Strike to Cancel My Student Debt and Won. Every Debtor Deserves the Same. (Ann Bowers*)

Higher Education Inquirer

I was part of a group of former students that launched a 7-year long student debt strike to win loan cancellation from the federal government. The college also provided falsified placement information to accrediting agencies in order to keep federal money flowing. I should know.

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AAUP Report on Political Interference in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 185 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Henry “Hank” Reichman

The Change Leader, Inc.

Vice-President, AAUP, 2012-18, 2019-20; Chair, AAUP Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure, 2012 2021; Chair, AAUP Foundation, 2013-2021. And the Federal Government requires that, look, if we’re going to give you a lot of money, we want you to uphold certain minimum standards. Emeritus, 2015-present.