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5 tips for college and university presidents to support diversity, equity and inclusion

University Business

There’s new momentum building on college and university campuses to rescue and reinvigorate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, vital initiatives that have been the target of a coordinated national assault for over a year. The best way is to keep it simple and keep it focused. Ask specific questions.

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The 3 big bets university presidents and provosts are placing on graduate and adult learner enrollments

EAB

The 3 big bets university presidents and provosts are placing on graduate and adult learner enrollments. Key takeaways from our new survey of university leaders. Despite these fluctuations, one thing remains evident: university leaders are prioritizing graduate and adult-serving programs and enrollment.

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UConn Students Plan Walkout Over State Budget Allocation for University - Ned Lamont, NBC Connecticut

Economics and Change in Higher Education

The university president said the budget falls short of adequately funding the university and could lead to increasing tuition by thousands of dollars. UConn students are planning to walk out Wednesday and travel to the state Capitol in Hartford in response to Gov. Ned Lamont’s two-year budget plan.

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Can higher education in Pennsylvania be saved?

University Business

Despite recent efforts to raise state funding for higher education and consolidate public universities, its public university system and state-related institutions are desperate for more financing to curb Pennsylvania’s rapidly declining student enrollment and intimidating college costs. While the governor’s proposed 7.1%

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President moves: Administrators prove popular picks as next leader on the job

University Business

All three presidents who announced retirements in the past two weeks served at their institutions for more than a decade, which is a promising sign considering recent surveys found presidential tenures dwindling to less than six years. Stephenson is currently the president of Northwest Florida State College, a community college.

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Presidential Turnover Crisis in Higher Ed–Solutions and Challenges: The Role of Politics, Policies, Processes, Performance, and Public Relations

The Change Leader, Inc.

The presidential turnover crisis in higher education has seen university presidents’ tenures steadily diminishing for nearly two decades, now falling significantly short of the recommended ten-year benchmark. A case in point is West Virginia University, which recently contended with a staggering $70 million deficit.

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Cost allocation in the research university and what it tells us

Changing Higher Education

Universities often report a number that appears to indicate how much the university spends on instruction. Lombardi , in How Universities Work. These conclusions lead to a consideration of why cost -shifting between missions is so important in the current approach of the research university. We would be wrong to do so. .

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