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A small college needs $2.6M to survive. It's raised $178K

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Facing financial pressures, the King’s College made a recent appeal to donors for $2.6 The deadline to raise the $2.6 So far, the college has raised $178,000, according to an email sent to supporters earlier this week. ’ And to the credit of King’s College, they do have a next step plan in place.”

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New federal data show two-year enrollment trends by age

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Recently released federal higher education data show community college enrollment trends during the first two years of the pandemic differed based on the age of the students, according to a new analysis by the Community College Research Center at Columbia University’s Teachers College.

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How a looming economic slump could upend higher ed’s playbook

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Recessions typically raise enrollment but the aftereffects of the pandemic are injecting yet more uncertainty into how hard the expected economic slowdown will hit higher education. What will remain typical if a recession hits is that states will surely cut higher ed funding, adds Thomas L. ” Preparing for recession. .”

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College endowments dropped in fiscal year 2022

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Soaring inflation put a squeeze on college endowments in the 2021–22 fiscal year, driving returns down, according to the annual report from the National Association of College and University Business Officers The report , released today, is a marked change from the booming returns of fiscal year 2021 , when endowments soared.

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How Gross Inequalities in Institutional Wealth Distort the Higher Education Ecosystem and Shortchange the Vast Majority of Middle- and Lower-Income Undergraduates

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Ask yourself: Would the $20 million gift that Bloomberg Philanthropies gave to Princeton in 2021 to support the university’s first-generation and low-income students have a greater impact at Tougaloo College, an HBCU with a $10 million endowment? Kimball and Sarah M. The top 3 percent holds 80 percent.

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Political tensions erupt at Bakersfield College

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The Renegade members say they’ve been falsely accused of racism and their jobs are at risk after some of them raised questions about a racial climate survey at an October diversity committee meeting. The students raised their concerns about the group to the Kern Community College District Board of Trustees in a meeting last month.

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Campus art museum leaders feel the heat (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Earlier this month, officials at Lewis-Clark State College, a public institution in Idaho, removed half a dozen artworks from an exhibition due to concerns that display of the works, which related to abortion and reproductive health, violated the state’s No Public Funds for Abortion Act. Which is exactly what I did last year.