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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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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 “In the fall of 2021, management decided to conduct an extensive recruiting campaign to bring in more students, which by itself is not an issue.

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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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How UCA is Creating a Debt-Free Pathway to a College Degree

EAB

So really for the last five years, as we've been doing our work and our resource optimization initiative to make certain that the university's finances, we're not only sound, but that our dollars within our budget flow into priorities. Are we maximizing existing aid towards serving as many students as possible?

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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. Students with learning disabilities or ADHD, however, may be entitled to reasonable academic services and aids based on the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 504, and ADA. Some services, however, are mandatory.

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Your student loan payments are due: 3 strategies to support community college students’ financial wellness

EAB

With more than two-thirds of community college students requesting aid annually, 30% being Pell-eligible, 16% being single parents —and inflation at a perilous high—everyone is feeling the effects of one more line-item in the household budget each month. Financial Literacy: Virtual and in-person training is provided to students.

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Washington Update: Title IX, Student Debt, NC-SARA, and Debt Ceiling Negotiations: Changing Higher Education Podcast 158 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Tom Netting

The Change Leader, Inc.

The Department recently questioned NC-SARA about its misrepresentation and aggressive recruiting, advertising, and marketing changes to the regulations that go into effect July 1 of this year to see if significant revisions need to be done or to have it dismantled. Why is it that people are opposed to forgiving student debt?