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We need to talk about staff retention in the sector

HEPI

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This blog was kindly contributed by Leo Hanna, Executive Vice President at TechnologyOne Universities are in a difficult spot. Demand for higher education is high, with more and more young people seeing the value of a university education, which is obviously great news for the sector. The findings were rather sobering.

Retention

Retention Higher Education Technology University Mission

What does delivering an exemplary student experience come down to?

HEPI

JUNE 29, 2023

This blog was kindly contributed by Leo Hanna, Executive Vice President at TechnologyOne Universities are faced with rising costs and shrinking margins, and the challenges are many. So how can technology help? Student attraction and retention remains a priority, amid an ever changing mix of domestic and international students.

Students

Students Technology Higher Education Retention

A Vice-Chancellor writes: Those arguing for a graduate tax should look at the experience of Further Education – and be careful what they wish for

HEPI

JANUARY 25, 2023

This blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Professor David Phoenix, Vice-Chancellor of London South Bank University (LSBU) and CEO of LSBU Group. You would be hard pressed to find someone in either the higher education sector or Westminster willing to argue that the current funding system for universities is working well.

Further Education

Further Education Education Facilities Department

Higher ed job descriptions can’t compete. Here’s how to fix them.

EAB

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Here's how to fix them. Higher ed’s competition for talent is larger and more diverse than ever before, increasingly including out-of-sector companies. After auditing dozens of higher ed and out-of-sector job descriptions, we identified three main ways higher ed job descriptions fall short compared to out-of-sector competitors.

Recruitment

Recruitment Organization Facilities Degree

6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023

EAB

JANUARY 26, 2023

Blogs 6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023 For the past two years, it’s been difficult to focus on anything beyond the immediate consequences of the pandemic. But now as we find ourselves stabilizing, it’s time to pause and take stock of the full landscape facing community colleges. 6 trends to watch in 2023 1.

Community College

Community College College Retention Recruitment

Why there should be no surprises about the growing student housing shortage

HEPI

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

This blog has been kindly contributed to HEPI by Martin Blakey, the Chief Executive of Unipo l. This blog looks at what is actually going on. So, what is causing these problems and how are things likely to develop in the coming years? Rising shortages. Hitherto, the impact has been confined to Year 1 students. The causes.

Students

Students Allocate Institution University

Understanding Higher Education’s Enrollment Cliff, Trough and Recovery

Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Blog: Just Explain It to Me! My eye was on any helpful information I could find to understand the future and how to plan for it. Here’s a good explanation of how economic cycles in business operate written by Akhilesh Ganti in an article called “ Trough ,” published on Investopedia’s website.

Higher Education

Higher Education History Achievement Education

EAB Strategic Advisory Services Extends Breadth and Depth of Coverage

EAB

AUGUST 7, 2023

Blogs EAB Strategic Advisory Services Extends Breadth and Depth of Coverage The challenges facing higher education have become increasingly complex and interconnected over the past 15 years and in many cases require the collective action of multiple cabinet leaders and divisions to make progress.

Adult Education

Adult Education Model Leadership Organization

The implications of not having an independent Designated Quality Body – and lessons from abroad

HEPI

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Context Over the past three decades, since the Further and Higher Education Act (1992) there has been a considerable expansion of the higher education sector in England, with a categorisation of ‘recruiters’ and ‘selectors’ emerging. Later this week, HEPI will be publishing a Policy Note entitled ‘Where do we go from here?’

Higher Education

Higher Education Advise Institution Recruitment

Five Things University Leaders are Prioritizing This Year (And Two They Should Be)

EAB

MAY 17, 2023

Blogs Five Things University Leaders are Prioritizing This Year (And Two They Should Be) The results from EAB’s Spring 2023 Pulse Survey are in! While our analysis validated many topics on our research agenda, we also surfaced a handful of surprises.

University

University Retention Provost Leadership

If You Aren’t Growing Applications, You’re Losing Enrollment

EAB

JULY 20, 2023

Blogs If You Aren’t Growing Applications, You’re Losing Enrollment New evidence regarding connections between application volume and downstream enrollment outcomes Many colleges have seen an increase in applications in recent years, even as the number of college-bound students has decreased.

Schooling

Schooling Allocate Recruitment College

The Forces That Are Shaping the Future of Higher Education

Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma The past’s meaning only becomes clear in hindsight. ” How true. Even as we fixate on headline news, the true drivers of transformation occur out of sight. This is the case in politics, but it’s also true in higher education. What were the most important events in higher education in 2022?

Higher Education

Higher Education Education Arts And Sciences Humanities

Pragmatic Optimism and Managed Transformation

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Leading With Informed Optimism While President Randall was appointed to his current position in August 2021, making him a relative newcomer compared to many other higher education leaders, he's hardly a newcomer at the University of Utah. He also told us: "I come from a line of three generations of faculty members here at the University of Utah.

Leadership

Leadership Higher Education Policy Advise

How Gross Inequalities in Institutional Wealth Distort the Higher Education Ecosystem and Shortchange the Vast Majority of Middle- and Lower-Income Undergraduates

Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 20, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Ask yourself: Would the $20 million gift that Bloomberg Philanthropies gave to Princeton in 2021 to support the university’s first-generation and low-income students have a greater impact at Tougaloo College, an HBCU with a $10 million endowment? The very question—posed by educational historian Bruce A.

Higher Education

Higher Education Institution Education History

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