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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. “Once you book into the place, with all the knowledge and information we have at that time, we’re not going to cancel later,” Kruger said.

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3 Questions KSU’s Laurel Littrell on How Academic Library Budgets Really Work

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Almost all of the materials budgets are tied up in subscriptions and access fees for online resources, often with multi-year contracts with vendors that provide these services. Mostly these are print books and other physical materials, but even some of those purchases are tied to a contractual obligation.

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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. About 18 percent is spent on one-time purchases (including books and ebooks). What are the big trends and debates in academic library spending?

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Rural-Serving Institutions: Innovative Lessons for Higher Ed Success: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 147 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Andrew Koricich

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In addition, RSIs receive fewer donations and competitive federal grants because reviewers from federal agencies don’t understand them. Systems or legislatures usually choose to close or merge RSIs because they carry less political weight and serve fewer students even though fewer people are in their community.

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When disgraced presidents return (or never go away)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

And while Penn State hasn’t honored him to the extent that Michigan State has honored Simon, Spanier was scheduled to return to campus last week for a presentation about his recent book recapping the events of the Sandusky scandal, which downplays his role and responsibilities. Board leaders did not respond to a request for comment.

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Higher Ed Cybersecurity, MOVEit Hack, and 3rd-Party Risk: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 163 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Brian Kelly

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Institutions must annually vet employees granted access to information and ensure more people haven’t been granted access. Brian is also an Adjunct Professor at Naugatuck Valley Community College, where he has developed and teaches cybersecurity courses. They can also contract with third parties.

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The Good, The Bad & The Ugly of Microcredentials

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And if you look at research like Adam Grant out of Wharton School of Business, and you know, it says that we’re really bad at it. And, you know, right now the system is akin to the bookshelf is there, you know, but, but it’s just book covers. but the pages are not actually inside of the book covers on the bookshelf, right?

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