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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. The top 3 percent holds 80 percent. Such an argument, the authors show, is grossly exaggerated.

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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. Elite and Tier 1 private colleges are the only segments of higher education well-prepared to embark on the following three academic years without significant financial worries.

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Raising the Bar: Leveraging Accreditation and Its Influence on Transfer and Credit Mobility

Confessions of a Community College Dean

These variations raise serious questions about how differing approaches play out across agencies and/or programs, how accreditors view their responsibilities, and what that means for equity in student outcomes. Interviews with a broader group of accreditors and a literature review supplemented our engagement with WSCUC and its members.

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How Public Universities Can Tackle the Teacher Shortage

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

million students of color, these institutions can be instrumental in attracting, developing and inspiring the diverse educator corps our nation needs. Department of Education is stepping up with $368 million in new grant funding to aid teacher retention and recruitment and improve diversity.

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Dougherty Family College’s Investment in Student Success Pays Off

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

They have access to financial aid counselors, college persistence counselors, and a life coach, and are placed into paid internships after they finish a professional development course. But he raised some concerns. DFC students receive a free laptop, textbooks, a bus pass, and 10 meals a week. Staff were everywhere.

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Rising Inflation and the Impending Tuition Squeeze

Robert Kelchen

The higher education industry is far from immune from the effects of an inflationary cycle that was largely unexpected even a few months ago. Midyear adjustments in student charges are highly unusual and typically only happen if a state withholds previously promised funding during a recession.

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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. Even as endowment returns dipped, colleges tapped those assets to fund their needs. The median percentage of budgets funded by endowments was 5.3