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Dual enrollment can be costly for community colleges

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Community college leaders are largely thrilled about the rise in high school students enrolling in college classes, particularly after steep enrollment declines during the pandemic, and many are hoping the trend continues. “But community colleges can’t lose their shirt in the process.”

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New Jersey City University Continues Financial Recovery After 2022 Fiscal Crisis

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Spring graduate, new undergraduate, and undergraduate transfer new enrollment are up by over 25% compared to last year. And the school is even “conservatively forecasting” a “break-even balanced budget for fiscal year 2024,” according to NJCU President Andrés Acebo. And the school also still has a way to go.

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Rising higher ed leaders tackle campus challenges in EAB’s fellowship

EAB

The topics covered included student success, budget models, change management, and more. Projects addressed topics such as program review, data strategy, budget models, enrollment growth, and more. The blog posts below are written by the participants to showcase their project and early outcomes.

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Beyond Ideas: Implementing Innovative Structures in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 179 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Dr. Philomena "Philly" Mantella

The Change Leader, Inc.

I’ve worked at virtually every level of higher education, from community college to graduate-only schools. I need to manage money in college. And it sounds like it’s just finances, but it’s not, because we had to solve for the way in which clinicals were constrained, on both sides.

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Making financial wellness a priority for student success

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” The first concern is an admitted student’s cost of enrollment and financial resources prior to starting at the institution, and then colleges must support the student in having the resources to graduate on time. Give special attention to building budgeting skills Budgeting was the No.

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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. Activities. Activities. Activities.

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2023 Higher Education Year in Review and 2024 Predictions: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 187 with Host Deborah Maue and Guest Dr. Drumm McNaughton

The Change Leader, Inc.

This forecast echoed the broader sentiment that smaller institutions were more vulnerable due to enrollment declines in the current landscape. Several large universities, including West Virginia University and the University of Nebraska Lincoln, faced significant budget cuts.