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My 2024 Higher Education Finance Reading List

Robert Kelchen

This spring, I get to teach my PhD class in higher education finance again—the eighth time that I have taught it in my eleven-year faculty career. I use articles, working papers, news coverage, and other online resources to provide a current look at the state of higher education finance. Understanding budgets.

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Technology investments hit steep declines in 2022 due to budget and faculty shortages

University Business

Higher education institutions are in a race to replace 20-year-old administrative systems to modernize the faculty and student online experience, yet new findings show that investments across student, finance and human capital management technology systems dipped harshly following a surge in 2022.

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My 2024 Higher Education Finance Reading List (Robert Kelchen)

Higher Education Inquirer

This spring, I get to teach my PhD class in higher education finance again—the eighth time that I have taught it in my eleven-year faculty career. I use articles, working papers, news coverage, and other online resources to provide a current look at the state of higher education finance. Understanding budgets.

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Five Things University Leaders are Prioritizing This Year (And Two They Should Be)

EAB

While our analysis validated many topics on our research agenda, we also surfaced a handful of surprises. EAB research identified strategic thinking and differentiation as key challenges many presidents and leadership teams struggle with, and surprisingly, at the heart of the issue was a general misunderstanding of what “strategy” even is.

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

Confessions of a Community College Dean

I did not do enough research to answer the questions I was posing. The idea that academic library budgets are fungible shows ignorance of how these budgets work. Students and faculty depend on academic librarians for collaboration in learning and research. 3) How are academic libraries managing with fewer people?

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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. In many cases, partners jointly completed a project that benefitted both institutions.

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How colleges are creating sustainable business models while upticking student support programs

University Business

Research by the Lumina Foundation found that providing advisers across academics, finances, mental health and other services is essential for the post-pandemic college cohort. However, this growing facet of higher education intersects with the public’s growing disdain for the degree’s price tag.