Many institutions continue to rely on outdated financial planning tools. Nearly 50% still use spreadsheets for forecasting and tuition projections, and nearly a third use spreadsheets for budgeting, according to a Syntellis survey.
Revamping how leaders approach faculty affairs is essential for an institution's vitality in the face of political hostility, decline in spending power and poor public perception.
As Georgia’s public universities mull whether to raise tuition, Chancellor Sonny Perdue says he hopes state lawmakers will restore the $66 million they cut from the system’s teaching budget when they return next year. State senators, who insisted on the cut, said universities should cover the shortfall with some of their roughly $500 million in […]
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Purdue, for example, has agreed to its twelfth consecutive year of freezing tuition, set below $10,000. The university estimates that this decision has saved students more than $1 billion on educational and living expenses since 2013. However, most public institutions cannot afford to set a tuition freeze without state funding.
Skill-training strategies, such as mindfulness, boast consistently positive evidence of improved social-emotional skills. Gatekeeper training, however, needs another look.
A new report by consulting firm Bain & Company is forecasting the majority of higher education to be in a tough financial spot three years from now due to a confluence of operational challenges affecting institutions.
Mergers, acquisitions, partnerships—oh my! Alliances can be highly individualized depending on each institution's unique set of challenges. However, these trends can help explain what's going on.
Schools are racing to replace 20-year-old administrative systems to modernize the faculty and student online experience, yet investments in cloud-based infrastructure dropped by double-digits in 2022, something Tambellini Group has never recorded before.
