Robert Kelchen

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

News and World Report. I wrote last year about things that I was watching for in the rankings industry, particularly regarding colleges no longer voluntarily providing data to U.S. News usually puts together a really helpful list of metrics and weights, and this year is no exception. News used IPEDS data.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2022

There have been many opinions flying across Twitter, Facebook, and even national news stations like CNN. Don Lemon in conversation with Bomani Jones said, “ I kinda feel like we’re talking about family business in front of everybody ”, and he was correct! Ask Black men and Black women athletes about their experiences at PWIs.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

News & World Report released its latest college rankings yesterday, and colleges are touting their improvements, prevailing against the barrage of criticism it received at the turn of the year. News found itself in on the back heel. News a “false altar” to which the public worships. The new lens U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Gay’s appointment marks the first time a person of color will lead the nation’s oldest and one of its most prominent postsecondary institutions. Experts in higher education, diversity, equity and inclusion celebrated the news, hoping it could signal to other institutions that it is time for more diverse leadership.

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Robert Kelchen

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Yet, outside of a small number of liberal arts colleges , few institutions have made the choice not to cooperate with the 800-pound gorilla in the college rankings industry– U.S. News and World Report. News ranking of those programs fascinating. There are two groups of institutions that feel comfortable ignoring U.S.

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University Business

MAY 8, 2024

News & World Report ‘s top 10 states for education rankings. News noted. In higher ed, Florida boasts the second-highest “timely” graduation rates for students at two- and four-year public colleges and universities. Students at public, four-year institutions also paid the lowest average in-state tuition.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2023

We have federal data that put numbers to the problem, most institutions have a food pantry on campus, and at least 400 colleges and universities employ a staff member dedicated to supporting students’ basic needs. My front row seat to that change has made me especially optimistic about the capacity of our sector to adapt and grow.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

Am I concerned about it? McPhail said she believes her institution will not only meet SACSCOC’s requirements by the end of the year but will continue to grow, expanding opportunities for students across the nation and the world. Further specifics will be given to the institution in a letter they are set to receive later this month.

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University Business

JUNE 2, 2023

Private non-profit institutions had the most polarizing responses compared to public students. Private non-profit institutions had the highest percentage of students to both strongly agree (41%) and strongly disagree (4%) that their degree’s value matched its costs. News’ college ranking was not essential to them.

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Via's

MAY 7, 2024

The OSAC Community: Beyond Bureaucracy OSAC is a public-private partnership between the U.S. The Academic Sector Committee serves public and private higher education institutions, education abroad third-party providers, and other educational institutions. organizations.

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Great College Advice

AUGUST 1, 2023

The logic has been that children of alumni may be among the most eager applicants, as they have learned a lot about a school literally at their parent’s knee. Of course, 13% is still significant: about 216 students out of 1660 in the first year class. The fact is, legacy admission is still about perpetuating the elite.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government and higher education institutions have fed the public a steady diet of bad enrollment news. Public health concerns increased responsibilities to care for and educate school-aged children and disrupted jobs and industries. What do I mean by Black-serving?

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University Business

JULY 6, 2023

Colleges and universities are discovering new technologies to capitalize on the significant influx of foreign-born students, but there might be no better tool than cold hard cash. Fifteen institutions offer financial aid packages—whether need- or merit-based—that are too enticing to pass up. News & World Report. 78,432 82 2.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Chancellor Keon serves as the public face of Purdue Northwest. He knowingly made a racist provocation in his capacity as Chancellor while convening a university-sponsored public event. So what does it mean when a university leader publicly mocks its Asian students even as he leads an institution that courts their very presence?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

In January, nurses from two of New York City’s private hospitals went on strike. The Ohio State University College of Nursing uses its Summer Institute for Future Nurses as a recruiting tool for high school students. Information was not provided about new nursing hire recruitment. But a November 2022 article in U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Central State University—a historically Black institution in Wilberforce, Ohio—will announce its next permanent president Friday. High-level administrators like Dr. Paul Schlag, who was the executive director of the school’s Honors College and a member of the president’s cabinet, said that he wasn’t even interviewed about the complaints.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 22, 2024

Rather, my mother bought McCall’s book for herself because – like many readers – she was riveted by a report on NPR about McCall’s remarkable foray into the newspaper business after having served time in prison for robbing a McDonald’s. He survived prison but couldn’t hack it in a newsroom? which it still isn’t after all these years.

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Robert Kelchen

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The Carnegie classifications have served for decades as perhaps the most prominent way to group colleges into buckets of reasonably similar institutions. After multiple blue-ribbon panels and meetings across the higher education industry, ACE gave the public the first glimpse of what the Carnegie classifications may look like in 2025.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

She recently accepted a new position as director of nursing and the Clara Adams Ender Endowed Associate Professor at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, a public historically Black college and university (HBCU) in Greensboro, N.C. There were] all types of misnomers about the disease,” recalls Morris.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 27, 2023

After two years of COVID-19-related disruptions, the percentage of first-time college students sticking with school has returned to pre-pandemic levels, according to a new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC). The report, based on data from institutions representing 97% of U.S.

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Great College Advice

JANUARY 16, 2024

Even if the odds are against you, you should not sit around and not do anything about it. As with so much with college admissions, the existence of the Wait List has very little to do with you as an applicant and everything to do with the self-interest of educational institutions. And what do colleges care about most?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2023

Following her retirement as president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in July 2022, Jackson continued to have an impact on academia, industry, and public service. The assistant principal for boys suggested she apply to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Her father knew of MIT and encouraged her to apply.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2023

ACHA’s Gun Safety Task Force, five doctors and scholars from institutions across the nation, works to “come to grips with this phenomenon in society, with the ultimate goal being to understand it and diminish its occurrence,” said Williamson. “We If [those in higher education] cannot focus on that, the institutional core mission is disrupted.”

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Robert Kelchen

AUGUST 28, 2022

For my scholarly work on this, see this Journal of Higher Education article—and I also recommend this new Urban Institute piece on the topic. I focused on the reported cost of attendance for students living off-campus at 1,568 public and 1,303 private nonprofit institutions (academic year reporters) with data in both years.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Skills-based hiring and the short-term certificates touted to help students gain industry experience and professionalism have gained a lot of momentum at the start of the new decade. While they found a fourfold increase in employers who dropped degree requirements, less than one in 700 new hires lack a degree. Certificates led the way.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 13, 2023

I imagine that readers of Inside Higher Ed heard the news that the Gallup survey on public confidence in institutions registered the lowest level of confidence in higher education in the survey’s history.

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Higher Education Education 92

Ray Schroeder

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

9 to remove the Principles of Sociology from the list of core courses that the state’s public college students can take to fulfill their general education requirements. The news shocked sociology professors across the state, who say the ripple effects of such a decision could be disastrous. The Florida Board of Governors voted on Nov.

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Robert Kelchen

JANUARY 3, 2024

I use articles, working papers, news coverage, and other online resources to provide a current look at the state of higher education finance. Public Administration Review, 78 (4), 626-639. link ) Commonfund Institute (2023). The effect of institutional expenditures on employment outcomes and earnings. Pioneer Institute.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

MARCH 15, 2023

News Best Rankings? News & World Report released its first list of annual college rankings in 1983. Many of these experts are scoring institutions without knowing much about them, making their opinions — and the scores — difficult to take seriously. How Important Are U.S. Critics of the U.S. The problem? Value of U.S.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

MAY 1, 2023

Leveraging Faculty as a Brand Differentiator How Faculty Engagement Can Enhance Public Relations Competition is fierce in the ever-changing higher education landscape, and degree programs need to work hard to stand out, requiring enrollment teams to build unique marketing strategies. This is where faculty support can be a valuable asset.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

University community members convened on Tuesday to hear her speak about its planned program and faculty cuts amid the institution’s 43% enrollment decline in 13 years and $9 million budget deficit. billion deficit; its current revenue only covers 86% of its expenses, AP News reports. CSU faces an astounding $1.5

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

For-profit colleges, along with all institutions that offer non-degree certificate programs, will need to demonstrate that their graduates can afford their debt payments and earn more than adults who did not receive a postsecondary education. However, not everyone is in love with the new rule.

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Higher Education Education Administration IT 105

University Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

News & World Report’s rankings of the best law schools. The movement was initiated by Yale University last Wednesday when the school’s dean announced that the institution will no longer submit its data for review. News rankings reflect,” wrote Dean John Manning. News wrote that the rankings will persist.

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University Business

APRIL 12, 2023

News and World Report is set to release its law and medical school: research rankings next week with an updated methodology and a reliance on public information from schools that now refuse to participate. News chose this time around to pay closer attention to the student experience and career opportunities each school has to offer.

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Campus Sonar

MARCH 26, 2024

Katlin Swisher , Alonda Thomas , and Mallory Willsea talked to Alastair Hayes about how to successfully define, strategize, and measure brand value. Institutions with high brand value are in a strong position to use student stories to demonstrate how individuals achieve success (and a return on investment) with their degrees.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 16, 2023

“Many African American medical students are interested in treating African Americans and in closing the disparities gap — and by opening this new M.D. For years, the nationwide percentage of practicing Black physicians has remained stubbornly low at about 6%, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), compared to 13.6%

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University Business

AUGUST 21, 2023

With classes now well underway this fall for the majority of institutions, colleges and universities are looking to optimize their students’ success, especially among first-year students. But institutions are also looking to optimize campus safety amid a wave of stark reminders about how necessary it is.

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