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My 2024 Higher Education Finance Reading List

Robert Kelchen

The keys to endurance: An investigation of the institutional factors relating to the persistence of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. 2019, December 9). Students pay the price if a college fails. link ) Massachusetts Board of Higher Education (2019). Journal of Student Financial Aid, 48 (3), Article 4.

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Community colleges suffer from employee shortages

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Community colleges across the country are struggling to recruit and hire new people after losing faculty and staff members in droves during the pandemic. College leaders report staffing losses at all levels, including IT workers, student success professionals, dining hall workers and executive leaders, she said.

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Higher Ed Workforce Rebounding From Pandemic - Doug Lederman, Inside Higher Ed

Ray Schroeder

Colleges employed 3.9 percent from 2020 but still down from more than four million in 2019. Community college employee rolls have continued to shrink. million people in 2022, up 1.75 percent from 3,868,066 in fall 2020, during the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Why customer service matters for community colleges

EAB

Blogs Why customer service matters for community colleges Learnings and recommendations from EAB’s 2023 customer service survey I just talked to someone in registration, and they told me to call you! What are the features of a “modern student experience,” and how do community colleges stack up?

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How to Debunk Dangerous College Myths

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

college enrollment is a lingering concern for both educators and policy makers. College and university student enrollment is down for the third straight year, 7% lower than it was in 2019. Still others, influenced by dangerous myths, are reluctant to attend an open-access institution like a community college.

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A New Funding Formula

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

After nearly 50 years of funding community colleges based on enrollment and outreach, the state of Texas is considering making the switch to outcome-based funding, rooted in metrics like retention, completion, and the successful transfer to four-year programs. Like the majority of community colleges in the U.S.,

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My 2023 Higher Education Finance Reading List

Robert Kelchen

Mapping community college finance systems to develop equitable and effective finance policy. Intended and unintended consequences of for-profit college regulation: Examining the 90/10 rule. Journal of Student Financial Aid, 48 (3), Article 4. link ) The financial viability of higher education Ducoff, N.

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