Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

For her work, Akey was Minnesota State System Academic and Student Affairs Administrator of the Year in 2021. Akey holds a B.S. in psychology from Truman State University; an M.A. in college student personnel from Bowling Green State University; and a Ph.D. in educational policy and administration from the University of Minnesota.

Student Affairs 277

Student Affairs Institutional Research Administration Research 277

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

“Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions. Dr. Erika D.

Marketing and Communication Services 336

Marketing and Communication Services Financial Aid Faculty Recruitment 336

Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 6, 2023

Image: Faculty members and assessment office staff at Macalester College in Minnesota solicited student feedback on building community in the classroom through a collaborative brainstorm activity early in the term. Moving forward: From fall 2021 to 2022, the project activity has remained the same.

Faculty 84

Faculty Institutional Research Media Research 84

Robert Kelchen

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

News mostly moved away from the Common Data Set, but still primarily used it for the share of full-time faculty, faculty salaries, and student-to-faculty ratios. News were assessed on fall 2021 data reported to the IPEDS Human Resources survey. If colleges did not provide data, then U.S. News used IPEDS data.

Financial Aid 124

Financial Aid Hospitality Faculty Alumni 124

Robert Kelchen

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

For example, if faculty are expected to spend 40% of their time on research, the institution can legitimately be seen as putting 40% of that person’s salary on a research line. For example, I found 35 institutions that reported total research expenses between $40 million and $60 million in 2021.

Research 100

Research Higher Education Industry Institutional Research 100

EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Our second cohort concluded in December 2021, our third cohort wrapped up in spring 2022, our fourth occurred in fall 2022, and our fifth occurred in spring 2023. All cohorts ended with presentations of the fellows’ capstone projects. Below are a few of the key themes that appeared in multiple capstone projects from past participants.

Budget and Finance Management 52

Budget and Finance Management Marketing and Communication Services Enrollment Management Higher Education 52

Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 4, 2023

Given our recent stated goal, all 20 TU peers are R-2 public institutions, though many only recently became R-2s: of those 20, only seven were classified as R-2 in 2015, a figure that rose to 12 in the 2018 classification and to 20 in the 2021 classification. Change is the constant for TU and many of the R-2s we examined.

Research 87

Research Higher Education Admissions Graduate Education 87