As other campus departments experience cut or stagnant budgets, campus engagement centers have been an exception. Although they’re generally smaller departments, their budgets have been steadily growing over the past few years, according to a survey of Campus Compact’s member institutions.
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6/5/2013
Colorado University-Boulder students, with the guidance of Associate Professor Alan Jagolinzer of the Leeds School, have provided 50-minute lessons at least twice weekly throughout the spring semester for Summit Charter School on everything from budgeting to debt, investment returns, market volatility, and credit cards.
6/5/2013
After nearly three decades of planning and waiting, West Hawaii residents celebrated at a groundbreaking ceremony for Hawaii Community College – Palamanui.
6/5/2013
President Tim Cost said graduates of the university’s health programs stay in the region and work locally because of the planning and execution of health care businesses in the area.
6/5/2013
Recent years have not been kind to higher education balance sheets: budgetary shortfalls have significantly reduced state appropriations, and school endowments have suffered in response to a sustained economic downturn.
6/5/2013
Colorado State University-Pueblo unveiled a proposed master plan of its 2018 Belmont campus that includes new classrooms, new computer labs, a new student center and a continued effort to breathe life and energy into the growing school.
6/5/2013
Today’s enrollment challenges have impacted all sectors and strata of colleges and universities. Campus leaders are questioning whether their organizational models, as well as the roles and responsibilities of key enrollment players, are aligned for optimal enrollment success.
6/5/2013
Momentum for divestment of fossil fuel from university endowments grew slowly all spring. In late April, students at Rhode Island School of Design staged a sit-in to draw attention to the cause.
Then, during a nationwide Day of Action on May 2, student groups at more than 60 colleges and universities hosted events pushing for fossil fuel divestment.
6/4/2013
Students at Louisiana's public colleges could see their fees increase between $48 and $2,500 under a bill approved Monday by the Senate. The bill now only needs a quick nod of approval from the House before heading to Gov. Bobby Jindal for his signature or veto.
6/4/2013
Chancellors in the University of Wisconsin System are publicly jumping into the fray of the state budget debate, encouraging their campus stakeholders to lobby legislators to roll back a proposed freeze on tax dollars and delays in new flexibilities promised in the last state budget.
6/4/2013
Congress and the president are jousting once again over the cost of college loans, a perennial dilemma that faces a July 1 deadline to avoid a doubling of federally subsidized interest rates that would discourage thousands of potential students from seeking a college diploma.
6/4/2013
The rise of Massive Open Online Courses is presenting higher education with a powerful challenge. Access to great teachers will help millions. But will MOOCs cause a massive college shakeout as well?
6/4/2013
Social media is changing the traditional help desk model in higher education. In 140 characters or less, students are demanding assistance, crying for help, asking general technology questions and saying very unkind things about the IT organization that likely (hopefully) have no basis in truth.
6/4/2013
After many months of uncertainty Saint Paul's College founded in 1888 will close on June 30, 2013. A Teach Out Plan for closing an institution will be forwarded to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges for approval.
6/4/2013
Radnor Township officials believe it’s not unreasonable to ask Villanova and the other institutions to shoulder some of the costs for public safety, street lights, traffic lights and snow removal that the township provides.
