Student affairs leaders who proactively partner with their procurement teams save time, save money, and create capacity for other strategic priorities.
"FAFSA Simplification is going to make this the most complicated year we have seen perhaps ever," says Maureen Anderson, a former director of financial aid at Santa Fe College (Fla.). In addition, there are Title IX changes coming in October.
The upward social mobility rate for students moving from the bottom two income quintiles to the top two is 10% higher at HBCUs than in non-minority serving institutions, according to the report.
A second lawsuit alleges that administrators at Lake Superior College retaliated against an employee who voiced concerns about a welding byproduct. Poorly maintained filtration systems could mean there were improperly high levels at the downtown building of hexavalent chromium, a compound used in electroplating, stainless steel production, and other "hot work." The compound is listed […]
Mildred García, who is currently president of the American Assn. of State Colleges and Universities, will become the 11th Chancellor and first Latina to lead the 23-campus system. She is credited with improving Cal State Fullerton's four-year graduation rate by 65%. García returns to a university system beleaguered by widespread sexual misconduct among top administrators, […]
NASPA reports that half of today's college students come from parents who have not earned a bachelor's degree. Do you know where they are and what they look like?
At least seven different schools in the region have announced or consummated mergers in the past six years. From the perspective of administrators, this makes sense. It's been a rough time for smaller universities or colleges, which are buffeted by declining enrollment, lower alumni donations, and dwindling endowments. As they lose the ability to dedicate […]
Clarence D. Ambrister and Tom Bogart managed their pandemic-era funding to set their institutions up for long-term success and have decided to retire on the upswing of a highly approved career.
As a business office administrator at a university, you know how important it is to reconcile transactions. The process provides checks and balances, can help identify errors and potential fraud, and is required to complete your institutional taxes. But reconciliation can be complex and tedious. That's where reconciliation software comes in. Reconciliation software eases the […]
Higher education administrators face a common dilemma. In the face of resource constraints and siloed departments, how does a campus improve processes and provide service as efficiently and smoothly as possible? And can the improvements benefit everyone involved, including students, parents and authorized users, campus visitors, as well as staff? The College of Charleston strives […]
