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Higher ed taps deeper into endowments

Matt Zalaznick | February 19, 2015

U.S. colleges and universities last year paid for operations with bigger chunks of their endowments to compensate for declines in key sources of revenue, particularly tuition and public funding. The good news is that the average rate of return rose for the second straight year, from 11.7 percent in FY2013 to 15.5 percent in 2014, […]

Achieving Operational Excellence through Innovative IT Strategies

Web Editor | February 04, 2015

Institutions are under increasing pressure to provide more services, despite reduced operating budgets and elusive funding, and amid calls to hold down tuition. To meet these challenges, leading institutions are combining innovative approaches to technology and strategy by moving to the cloud, adopting managed services and focusing on strategic planning. In this web seminar, originally […]

SUNY’s United University Professions: A labor union fighting for higher ed

Stefanie Botelho | February 02, 2015

The United University Professions (UUP), SUNY’s labor union, has defended funding for public higher education—which has decreased nationwide by about 25 percent since the Great Recession. (Only two states, Alaska and North Dakota, have increased funding.) “Funding impacts classroom sizes, ability for students to afford college—it means that because states aren’t investing, there is less […]

Jointly funded town-gown program draws wider interest

UB Custom Publishing | January 29, 2015

From dealing with an increase in student housing to managing off-campus student conduct, Colorado State University and the city of Fort Collins have a more than decade-long partnership that's become a model for other higher ed institutions and their hometowns. CSU's enrollment is expected to grow from 27,000 students to 35,000 within the next 10 […]

Preparing your campus for prior-prior year

January 25, 2015

For many, Jan. 1 signifies a day of great college football bowl games, highly caloric leftover holiday food, and time with family and friends ringing in the New Year. However, for those working in financial aid offices at colleges or universities across the country, the start of the new year signals the beginning of financial […]

Robert L. Caret named the next chancellor of University System of Maryland

UB Custom Publishing | January 21, 2015

Robert L. Caret has been named the next chancellor of the University System of Maryland. On July 1, Caret will succeed William E. Kirwan, who will retire after having held the position since 2002. Caret has led the University of Massachusetts since July 2011, during which time he has become a leading spokesperson on college […]

Obama proposes free community college tuition

JD Solomon | January 21, 2015

President Barack Obama is not acting like someone whose party suffered heavy defeats in the recent midterm election. Last month he previewed America’s College Promise, an ambitious plan that could help his earlier goal of increasing the number of college graduates to become a reality. “Put simply, I’d like to see the first two years […]

Four Strategies for Student Loan Repayment Success

Web Editor | January 05, 2015

George Covino, USA Funds Vice President, Consulting A report by the Association of Community College Trustees and The Institute for College Access & Success suggests practical steps that all postsecondary institutions – not just community colleges – can take to benefit their student loan borrowers. I suggest the following strategies to implement four of the […]

Higher ed thought leaders forecast 2015 trends

Web Editor | January 02, 2015

Donald Farish President, Roger Williams University, Rhode Island Topic: Tuition and financial aid Trend: Well over half of the nonprofit private colleges failed to meet either their enrollment or revenue targets this fall. Despite this, I predict that the overwhelming majority of these schools will continue to increase both tuition and discount rates next year, […]

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