article thumbnail

Agriculture Department Attempts to Keep Rural Colleges and Universities Afloat

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Department of Agriculture (USDA) has been loaning tens of millions of dollars to rural colleges and universities in order to keep them afloat and running, The Washington Post reported. 13 million Americans live in places where the nearest university is beyond a reasonable commute away , according to the American Council on Education (ACE).

Banking 218
article thumbnail

Collaboration in Higher Education: How Can Universities Partner With Employers?       

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

While the students want universities to provide career-focused programs that prepare them for their futures, the employers want universities to provide modern, relevant programs that prepare students to become qualified employees in their companies. Employer collaborations in higher education can benefit universities in several ways.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

3 Reasons We Joined the edX/2U University Partner Advisory Council

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Learning Innovation Last week, the three of us participated in the first in-person meeting of edX/2U’s recently constituted University Partner Advisory Council (UPAC). Separately and together, we sit on a number of advisory groups/councils of for-profit companies working with nonprofit universities in the online learning space.

article thumbnail

Student Loans, Basic Needs and the Public Good

Confessions of a Community College Dean

First, state investment in public higher education has been on a decline since the 1980s. history, the younger generation has fewer years of education than the generation before them. For context, some interesting student loan debt statistics from the Education Data Initiative. Alexander points out that the U.S. Basic Needs.

Food 45
article thumbnail

A better way to address revenue sharing and online marketing (letter)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Department of Education is now considering changes to its guidelines addressing how outside providers bundle the services they offer to colleges and universities and to the regulations that define and govern third-party servicers. At this point, nearly every nonprofit university in the U.S. The strategy worked.

article thumbnail

3 Enrollment Boosting Strategies for Accredited Institutions: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 178 with Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Dr. David R. Decker

The Change Leader, Inc.

Franklin University, which primarily serves non-traditional, part-time adult learners, offers a unique perspective on higher education growth. “Backing into Costs” for Tuition Decker emphasizes that pricing in higher education should go beyond an institution’s needs. About Our Podcast Guest Dr. David R.

article thumbnail

Report: U of Arkansas system may buy University of Phoenix

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” Hinkel added that the university system has been exploring new educational markets, especially in online education. Also, this week’s regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas does not have this item on its agenda, Hinkel said. It could be.”