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Fourth-Year Grad Student Sets Sights on Collegiate Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

student in higher education administration at Morgan State, an HBCU in Maryland, said he does not see that as a career goal, but he has seen a shift in higher education that makes his skill set more desirable in a president. I don’t even know if he sees it for himself, but I see it for him.” Dominique Turner, a fourth-year Ph.D.

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A president proposes steep job cuts to save his institution

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Facing a budget deficit of $5 million, Southern Oregon University is considering a realignment plan that will include deep cuts, which its president says are necessary to right the ship financially. Administrators have said only 23 current faculty and staff members will lose their jobs.

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

Confessions of a Community College Dean

3, Interim President Stockwell Day—a former Canadian minister of finance—noted that the college wasn’t close to hitting the $2.6 “And sure enough, in the budget cuts, one of the first things they said was they wouldn’t be offering free Chick-fil-A anymore. Still, he noted, students are worried.

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College endowments dropped in fiscal year 2022

Confessions of a Community College Dean

NACUBO also found that colleges increased their endowment spending, with dollars increasingly flowing toward institutional operating budgets, largely focused on student financial aid. The median percentage of budgets funded by endowments was 5.3 percent overall average return in 2021. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Dual enrollment can be costly for community colleges

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The courses can require colleges to negotiate articulation agreements with school districts or schools, evaluate faculty, add IT infrastructure, and hire personnel dedicated to enrollment management, advising and supports for high school students, among other needs, all of which take time and money. percent of its total budget.

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Making financial wellness a priority for student success

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“It is important to us that financial aid and finances are not what people are thinking about and worrying about through their college experience,” Runiewicz says. Give special attention to building budgeting skills Budgeting was the No. You have to have some kind of a budget,” Runiewicz will tell students.

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Seeking fiscal transparency for public colleges

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” And the last bill would mandate training programs in financial higher ed management for members of institutions’ governing boards. Brian Bridges, New Jersey’s secretary of higher education, said the legislation would help ensure that investment is managed responsibly. New Jersey invested nearly $2.8