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Gov. Shapiro Presents Blueprint for Higher Ed Access, Affordability

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Josh Shapiro has released a new blueprint for higher education in the state, focused on competitiveness and workforce development, and grounded in access and affordability. That means the financial burden of higher education falls on the state’s institutions and students, who are forced to cut services, raise tuition, and take on more debt.

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

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The deadline to raise the $2.6 So far, the college has raised $178,000, according to an email sent to supporters earlier this week. 3, Interim President Stockwell Day—a former Canadian minister of finance—noted that the college wasn’t close to hitting the $2.6 million was Feb. 14 email update to constituents.

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Howard University Takes Affirmative Step, All HBCUs Need More Support

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The nation’s oldest private and public universities respectively, both were financed by profits from the enslavement of African-descended people. And despite chronic and discriminatory under-funding, HBCUs have stood as the greatest driver of social and economic mobility of Black Americans in the country.

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Can higher education in Pennsylvania be saved?

University Business

Pennsylvania is facing a double-edged sword in funding its higher education system next year, so much so that Gov. ” Since then, he has commissioned his Acting Education Secretary Khalid Mumin to create a task force to develop a statewide reform plan for next year. . While the governor’s proposed 7.1%

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Elite private colleges may be the only financially healthy segment 3 years from now

University Business

Higher education gained an unlikely asset during the pandemic, and it came in the shape of billions of federal emergency funding. While CARES Act funding largely kept schools afloat and even jumpstarted a renaissance at HBCUs, one global management consulting firm believes most higher ed is unprepared to deal with a post-pandemic landscape.

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Rising Inflation and the Impending Tuition Squeeze

Robert Kelchen

Midyear adjustments in student charges are highly unusual and typically only happen if a state withholds previously promised funding during a recession. This is also the time of year during which many colleges start to develop their proposed rates for tuition, fees, and room and board for the next (2022-23) academic year.

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How Gross Inequalities in Institutional Wealth Distort the Higher Education Ecosystem and Shortchange the Vast Majority of Middle- and Lower-Income Undergraduates

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The consequence: the richest institutions can fully fund the education of lower-income students, while the vast majority of working-class and lower-middle-class undergraduates must take out loans to pay for their education. Swensen, taking advantage of alternate assets, including hedge funds, private equity and natural resources.