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My 2022 Higher Education Finance Reading List

Robert Kelchen

I am teaching a remote synchronous PhD class in higher education finance as my first course at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Instead, I use articles, working papers, and other online resources to provide a current look at the state of higher education finance. The higher education finance landscape and data sources. Institutional budgeting. Understanding budgets. In Budgets and financial management in higher education (pp.

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College Finances: Not Only a First-Generation Struggle

Higher Ed Connects: Student Success Blogs

There are many stories to be told about students of color in college, and as I wrote in a column for Inside Higher Ed, finances are often the main issue for these students. How to shop, budget money, work — and all the while attending classes. by Terri E. Givens.

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Struggling Schools Should Look to Merge Much Earlier, Say Experts

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

One reason is structural: that presidents and boards typically don’t look beyond the current budget year. I think, ‘I’m smart enough to manage my institution through this.’”

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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.

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Have Academic Library Staffing Numbers Really Declined That Much Over the Past Decade?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The idea that academic library budgets are fungible shows ignorance of how these budgets work. Over the past couple of weeks, I worked with a number of academic librarians and an expert in higher ed finance to create a series of Q&As that explored academic library funding.

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The 50 most in-demand skills for graduates of your master’s programs

EAB

Skills commonly conferred in MBA programs, including “project management” and “finance,” appeared among fundamental skills, and “Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)” appeared among emerging skills. 3: Finance. How to manage your digital lead generation budget. Blogs.

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Grad Students Should Consider Administrative Work

Higher Ed Connects: News

The skills needed involve planning programs, managing budgets and understanding curricular development, as well as people skills that enable you to work effectively with students and faculty members. They also often work with grad student TAs and manage tutoring programs.

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Should I Disclose Learning Differences on the College Application

Great College Advice

In this environment, school faculty and staff understand the complexities of managing life with a learning disability. Does she independently manage her responsibilities or does she need adult guidance? Does she independently manage things like cooking, laundry, and managing finances?

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An agile solution to higher ed problem solving

EAB

UW Oshkosh is a public regional comprehensive institution, and how we deliver education is changing, our workforce is depleting, and budgets are getting smaller.

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EdTech’s Funding Problems Are Going to Get Worse

eLiterate

” Suppose I manage Harvard’s endowment fund. I might become a limited parter (LP) in a VC fund, which is a little bit like investing in an actively managed mutual fund. You pay 20% of the price of the house in cash and finance 80% with the bank.

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

Confessions of a Community College Dean

But when recent budget cuts forced the college to temporarily pause those offerings, students were stunned, said Melinda Huspen, a junior at the King’s College and managing editor of The Empire State Tribune , the student newspaper.

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Tennessee State cites past underfunding as cause of problems

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Mumpower told lawmakers that university leaders should have foreseen a housing crisis, given that it more than quadrupled its 2022–23 scholarship budget to $28.3 “It is over one-third more students wanting to come to TSU, so we adjusted our scholarship budget,” Glover said.

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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.

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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

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A Summit on Student Success in San Diego

Higher Ed Connects: Student Success Blogs

As a first-generation student , I have experienced the struggle of trying to finance an education while working long hours and balancing family demands. by Terri E. Givens. San Diego in February is a great place to gather to discuss student success, pathways and course scheduling.

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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.

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3 competencies that take a chief human resource officer from tactical to strategic

EAB

finance, DEIJ) and hinge on unit-level buy-in and behavior. CHROs therefore must first strengthen HR and unit-level data collection methods and advocate for needed investments in robust HR management systems and data analytics capabilities. Blogs.

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How Can We Bring Many More Students to Math, Data and Statistical Literacy?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

These include classes in biostatistics, climatology, computational modeling of behavior, computational social science, epidemiology, finance, genomics, investment analytics, materials science, medicine, risk management and supply chain analysis.

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What the mental health crisis means for student success leaders

EAB

These responses doubled those of the prior year’s survey, and they far exceeded other common retention threats such as finances and academic difficulty. Consider hiring a dedicated leader to manage your cross-institution mental health strategy. Blogs.

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The Higher Education Council (HEC) in Bahrain: Ensuring Quality and Excellence in Higher Ed Institutions

Creatrix Campus

The HEC also evaluates the institution's overall management and governance, including its financial stability, facilities, and human resources. Keep accurate and up-to-date records of all aspects of your institution, including student enrolment, finances, and academic program offerings.

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If You Were Designing Cal State Today: A Proposal Out of MIT

eLiterate

He went on to chair MIT Sloan School’s Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting; then became Deputy Dean of the school; and eventually serve for three years as the Chief Economist for the Security and Exchange Commission of the United States before returning to MIT.

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Creating a data-informed campus: part 3

EAB

On-demand webinar Building a Culture of Data Confidence Learn more about effective data management and how institutional culture impacts the use of data. Higher education leadership and management: From conflict to interdependence through strategic planning.

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Income-driven repayment overhaul draws praise, criticism

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The Education Department on Tuesday unveiled the details of its planned overhaul of income-driven repayment, which could transform the financing of higher education by providing more generous student loan repayment and forgiveness terms.

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Where higher ed leaders agree (and disagree) on the biggest barriers to DEIJ progress

EAB

Here, we have organized all the work institutions must undertake to make progress on DEIJ into 33 mission-critical activities across six categories. -->. -->. --> Manage vision and strategy. -->. -->. -->. Meanwhile, no VPs of business and finance scored "update the budget process" highest.