University Business

JANUARY 29, 2024

Josh Shapiro proclaimed the state’s higher education system wasn’t “working.” ” Declining enrollment, skyrocketing tuition and financially thin institutions paralyzed state leaders on how the best path forward was to keep in-state talent and ensure its colleges and universities remained competitive. .”

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 5, 2024

A new report by the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association lists economic and workforce development as a top priority among higher education leaders for the second year in a row.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 16, 2024

Delaney, professor of higher education in the department of education policy, organization and leadership at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, explores how long it has historically taken to restore state spending on higher education. Today on the Academic Minute: Jennifer A.

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University Business

MAY 2, 2023

News & World Report has unveiled its 2023 rankings of the country’s best states for higher education. It analyzed the share of each state’s college degree holders, graduation rates, costs of in-state tuition and fees and graduate debt load. News’ broader Best States rankings.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

State funding for public higher education in fiscal year 2023 increased by 6.6 billion, according to a new report from the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association, or SHEEO. It's the second time state support for higher education has topped $100 billion. In fiscal 2023, states allocated $1.2

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Image: State fiscal support for public higher education institutions is up 6.6 percent for fiscal year 2023, according to the latest report from the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association, or SHEEO. State support increased in 38 states, jumping by 10 percent or more in 14 states.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

A decade-old policy change has allowed states to delegate their oversight authority regarding higher education to accrediting agencies, argues Student Defense, a legal advocacy nonprofit that assists students defrauded by colleges, in a new report.

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Ray Schroeder

APRIL 20, 2024

Now, spurred by concerns that low levels of college attainment are holding back the southeastern swath of the state, the Kentucky legislature is exploring ways to bring baccalaureate degrees to the region.

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Ray Schroeder

MARCH 2, 2024

Cutting higher education funding in Connecticut would be devastating to students and faculty, advocates say. They’re sounding the alarm over proposed state budget cuts. Scores of students, professors and union leaders spoke for nearly seven hours at a public hearing Tuesday night.

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Ray Schroeder

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Tyler Cowen speaks to students and faculty about “The Economics of Articifial Intelligence” on September 7, 2023, In the Great Hall of the Memorial Union as a part of the Iowa State Lecture Series Higher education has adapted slowest to artificial intelligence (AI), according to Tyler Cowen, economics professor at George Mason University. “We

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Ray Schroeder

MARCH 1, 2024

Wright State University to suspend admissions to 34 degrees - Laura Spitalniak, Higher Ed Dive Wright State University, in Ohio, immediately suspended enrollment into almost three dozen programs as part of its review of academic offerings.

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University Business

JANUARY 24, 2023

This is but a mere sample of concerns that must be addressed at the state level. Since the pandemic, colleges and universities have struggled to alleviate stressors that existed even prior to the pandemic, such as affordable college and higher ed’ value proposition. And with a new year comes new opportunities.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Total enrollment projections for the 26 colleges and seven universities in the Minnesota State system show a slight increase to more than 106,000 full-time equivalent students last month. Minnesota State officials say minimal growth is also projected next school year. billion during the 2024-25 biennium, an increase of $331.4

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University Business

JUNE 13, 2023

In the last month, two states have decided to address their higher education systems’ most pressing issues by leveraging state funding to reward institutions that can deliver—and deprive those that can’t. Brandon Creighton, according to the Austin American-Statesman.

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Ray Schroeder

MARCH 3, 2024

Were this any other year, the leader of Pennsylvania’s 10 state-owned universities simply might have needed to defend next year’s appropriation request and explain how it would enable a sixth consecutive tuition freeze. The governor’s new blueprint for higher education, part of his state budget proposal unveiled on Feb.

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Ray Schroeder

MAY 31, 2023

State funding for higher education increased 4.9% in 2022 when adjusted for inflation, rising for the 10th straight year, according to an annual report from State Higher Education Executive Officers Association. In 2022, funding per full-time equivalent student reached $304, up 3.1% compared to 2008.

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University Business

MARCH 31, 2023

For ten years the State of Facilities in Higher Education has been recognizing trends and opportunities based on our database of information from schools around the U.S. Over time, the insights in the State of Facilities have evolved and our recommendations have followed suit.

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University Business

MAY 8, 2023

If we are going to fix higher education issues, state governments must be at the forefront of the work. Constitution, and subsequent Supreme Court cases , have made it clear that education is a power reserved for states under the 10th Amendment. Read more from The Hill.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 25, 2024

No state is doing well in terms of getting their community college students to transfer and complete,” said Velasco Rodriguez. In this cohort, only 16% earned a bachelor’s degree — that’s just two percentage points higher than the previous cohort studied, which entered college in 2007.

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University Business

MAY 31, 2023

The state of Virginia is set to make a big change in a hiring practice by eliminating the requirement or preference that applicants for many executive branch jobs have a higher-education degree. The change will apply to almost 90% of state classified positions Youngkin’s office said in a news release. It will take effect July 1.

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University Business

JANUARY 22, 2024

Derek Slap, D-West Hartford, who chairs the legislature’s Higher Education Committee. could become first state to ban legacy admissions in higher education: ‘A practice of the past’ appeared first on University Business. . “This landscape is shifting very quickly on legacy” admissions, said Sen.

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Ray Schroeder

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Political interference in higher education and changes to tenure are significantly affecting faculty morale and retention in a handful of southern states, new survey findings from the American Association of University Professors suggest. Meanwhile, 1 in 5 have already interviewed for jobs in other states since 2021.

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University Business

JUNE 8, 2023

Cloud, was selected Wednesday by South Florida State College trustees to succeed retiring school President Thomas Leitzel. The post Legislator with no higher education experience tapped to lead South Florida State College appeared first on University Business. Fred Hawkins, R-St. Read more from the Tampa Bay Times.

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Ray Schroeder

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Collective bargaining has broken down between the California State University system and a union representing about 29,000 of its faculty and other staff — raising the specter of a strike just as the academic year begins. But such a movement at Cal State, the largest public higher ed system in the U.S.,

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The Change Leader, Inc.

AUGUST 3, 2023

On June 21, 2023, the State of Florida filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education, Florida vs Department of Education. This lawsuit has the potential to change how much influence state governments can have on both higher education accreditation and their institutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2024

American higher education is called upon to serve a variety of purposes: advancement of knowledge, expansion of cultural appreciation, extending understanding of societal benefits and obligations, and preparing a diversity of students with the skills they need for a successful and rewarding life. Dr. George R. & Rios-Aguilar, C.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 24, 2024

Utah higher education leaders are considering steps toward compliance with a new law, HB 261 , that prohibits an institution of higher education, public education system, and governmental employer from engaging in discriminatory practices. The bill, sponsored by Utah State Rep. The bill, sponsored by Utah State Rep.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 23, 2024

The California State University has allocated $250,000 in one-time funding that will be used to support Sacramento State’s new Black Honors College. or higher are encouraged to apply. Dr. Luke Wood The funds will be used to help support the school's Black Honors College. All incoming students who have a GPA of 3.5

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 8, 2024

State financial aid programs across the country have varying levels of accessibility for students and plenty of room to improve, according to a recent report from The Education Trust. State financial aid programs can help alleviate these burdens, but such programs in the current day are lacking, according to the report.

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University Business

APRIL 11, 2023

About half of those attacks hit higher education yet colleges and universities account for more than 80% of records hacked. Wyoming is the only state not to report a campus data breach. However, many states only passed laws requiring the reporting of cyberattacks within the last few years, Comparitech points out.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 3, 2024

Supreme Court’s decision to strike-down of Affirmative Action last year, it was important to examine how much access Black and Latino students have to these elite schools, said report author Sandra Perez, a higher education research analyst for Ed Trust. “We Scores of 90 or higher were given A’s, 80 or higher B’s, and so forth.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JUNE 13, 2023

The results come from a study by the Lumina Foundation called “ The State of Higher Education: Breaking down the barriers to student enrollment and retention ” in partnership with Gallup. Since 2008, the Lumina Foundation has increased the number of states with an attainment goal from one to 48.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Welch has been named president and CEO of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU). He will succeed Dr. Mildred Garcia who left the organization in October to become chancellor of the California State University system. Dr. Charles L.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 4, 2024

Brown holds a bachelor’s degree in history from North Carolina Central University, a master’s in higher education administration from North Carolina State University, a Master of Divinity degree from Shaw University in Raleigh, and a Ph.D. in higher education leadership from North Carolina A&T State University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 11, 2024

When President Biden addressed over 32 million viewers for the annual State of the Union (SOTU) last week, he used the occasion to issue a full throttle support for higher education. Sasso, an associate professor of higher education at Delaware State University, an HBCU in Dover. We’re becoming more diverse as a country.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Kylie Forrester Kylie Forrester has been appointed director of the Center for Student Activities at Mississippi State University. Forrester holds a bachelor’s degree in educational psychology and a master’s in student affairs in higher education from Mississippi State University. She served as associate director.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 19, 2024

The annual scholarship is meant for matriculating students in master’s or doctoral programs in student affairs or higher ed administration-related fields. Dion Harry Harry is a North Carolina State University doctoral candidate studying higher education opportunity, equity, and justice. The mission of the Dr. Melvin C.

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