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Leadership Potential

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Government/Political Science, Bowie State University; MPA, Management and Public Policy, Bowie State University; Graduate Certificate, Project Management, Bowie State University Mentors: Rev. Dominique Turner Institution: Morgan State University Graduate Program: Higher Education Administration Education: B.S.,

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Struggling Schools Should Look to Merge Much Earlier, Say Experts

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Ricardo Azziz, a research professor at the State University of New York, Albany “Very often, ‘merger’ has been a word that we could not utter,” said Dr. Ricardo Azziz, a research professor at the State University of New York, Albany, who has advised schools on mergers. They come from state governments, policy people, pundits.

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Interest rate changes could challenge universities, student loans and post 16 and vocational education

SRHE

If there is another 0.25% increase in the base rate, as is widely anticipated, this will place government and university finances under further pressure over the next few years with significant negative implications for HE students, the UK Government’s education budget in general and the further education college budget in particular.

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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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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 percent overall average return in 2021.

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5 Focus Areas for Campus Presidents Amidst Decreasing Trust

Campus Sonar

And no wonder—in 1990, state-per-student funding was almost 140% more than that of the federal government. This has dramatically changed the landscape of higher ed funding —federal funds are typically granted to individual students and research projects, while states typically support the general operations of public institutions.

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

Creatrix Campus

The HEC is a government-affiliated organization that was established to oversee the development of the higher education sector in Bahrain. The HEC is concerned with university affairs from a variety of perspectives, including administrative, scientific, research, and students. What is the Higher Education Council (HEC) in Bahrain?