It would be very easy to be jaded about the future of higher education if it were not for the fact that those who serve this industry view it as a calling. We know we can make a difference in the lives of our students and in society. We try to do the best for […]

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) voted unanimously in March to implement GASB Statement No. 68, Accounting and Financial Reporting for Pensions. This accounting standard modifies existing financial reporting requirments as well as establishes new ones for governmental entities—including public colleges and universities—that participate in defined benefit pension plans. GASB 68 dramatically changes the way […]

In our efforts to market and communicate with our various constituents, we often overlook one of the most important support groups we have—our college town. It’s not intentional. As long time neighbors, we simply take one another for granted. But that’s changing as institutions and their local governments look to one another for creative ways […]

A potentially positive higher ed economic indicator is that more institutions purchased student information systems in 2013 than had done so in any year since 2008, according to a recent market analysis by The Tambellini Group. Two of the main reasons given for the 195 purchases were the need to update outdated software and to […]