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3 Questions on Academic Library Budgets for an Assessment and Planning Librarian

Confessions of a Community College Dean

A: Doctoral-granting university libraries in ACRL spend about 37 percent of their budgets on salaries, 13 percent on fringe benefits, 40 percent on materials and 11 percent on operations. This means the enormous for-profit vendors retain their contracts because they are too big to cancel and the small nonprofit publishers usually lose out.

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Should conferences stay put or relocate? It's complicated.

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” ASHE is moving its 2024 meeting to Minneapolis, even though it may incur financial costs from breaking a contract with the Hilton New Orleans Riverside. In 2016, Kruger said, NASPA weighed whether to follow through with plans for a meeting in Indianapolis given the 2015 passage of the state’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

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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.

By 2032, according to a new report from Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics in partnership with CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen), college sports revenue, including college football playoff revenue and new lucrative conference media contracts, is projected to reach $16 billion annually for 54 schools with the most lucrative football programs.

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Insights for Higher Ed Presidents: A Fireside Chat with Brit Kirwan: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 184 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. William E. "Brit" Kirwan

The Change Leader, Inc.

He served as chancellor of the University System of Maryland (USM) for 13 years (2002-2015), president of the Ohio State University for four years (1998-2002), and president of the University of Maryland, College Park for 10 years (1988-1998). It was a difficult job back in 2015. It is just a monumentally more difficult job today.

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Improving Presidential Tenure and Effectiveness in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 170 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. William E. “Brit” Kirwan

The Change Leader, Inc.

New presidents can accomplish this by identifying a seasoned individual or a consultancy to interview administrators, faculty, staff, students, board members, and members of the community to understand the institution’s aspirations and challenges. The second tier is administration. The third tier is the governing board.

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The Impact of Crushing Student Debt on American Society: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions: Changing Higher Education Podcast 164 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest David Linton

The Change Leader, Inc.

A driving force behind this rise in tuition is that some administrators and presidents prioritize rankings and performing well vis-à a-vie their competitors. There are also more administrators per student than before. So I asked a lot of administrators, “Why is this going on? Administrative expenses have gone up as well.