Higher Ed Data Stories

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

OK, I got your attention. That title is admittedly a bit harsh. But before I talk about the data, there are lots of caveats here, and some background will help. Last week, NACUBO released its 2021 Study of Endowments, along with lots of data for the public, and more if you are a member. I used the free data here. The last person you want to get angry at you is the business officers.

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Terminalfour

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Through the pandemic, universities and colleges have been exceptionally creative in adapting to challenges. Now is the time to regroup together to share experiences, knowledge, and innovation at (mostly) in-person conferences. We check out innovative conferences and well-established favorites.

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IHEP

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

By: Janiel Santos. The college search process is a pivotal point in a student’s college journey, and often an unnecessarily challenging one. I still vividly remember the overwhelming frustration that came with sorting through information packets and struggling to compare institutional outcomes as I attempted to narrow down my top college choices. As the first in my family to go to college, the process was daunting and difficult to navigate.

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Marcia J. Ballinger, Ph.D.

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

February can be one of the bleakest months in Northeast Ohio. Fortunately, there is a bright spot this time of year with the annual DREAM conference, hosted by Achieving the Dream (ATD). Recently, I joined more than 300 community college leaders for the ATD annual convening. Inside the virtual conference, I felt myself become energized through the stories and strategies shared – especially the messages shared by ATD President and CEO Dr.

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The article addresses the Social Change Model of Leadership Development. It elucidates the SMC background, key assumptions, and the main pillars of the model to form a a change agent who could be helpful with institutional in-service delivery.

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Continuous Learning Institute

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

( A. Solano ). The disconnect between policy, research, and practice is extraordinarily real for college practitioners. The intersection of policy, research, and practice at the center of this Venn diagram is often an illusion. Too many university researchers and policy makers simply lack a deep understanding of how colleges work to ensure their efforts land in the Venn diagram sweet spot.

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Terminalfour

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

This week, we’re taking a close look at online education innovators that are set to shake up digital student recruitment, online learning, and management in 2022 and what this means for the higher education industry.

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Dr. Josie Ahlquist

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

We are running out of words to describe the emotions, experiences, and overall expressions for what life is right now. July 2021 was a difficult-face-plant-learning experience for me. I always thought I was a pretty resilient person: I assumed life would never be easy, and that there was an honor in that. By the end of July, however, my toughness turned flimsy.

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Continuous Learning Institute

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

( A. Solano ) Many campuses have either struggled to maintain momentum or stalled all together in their efforts to plan and implement major priorities to improve the student experience with equity impact. There's the usual suspects that contribute to a lack of clarity, coherence, and consensus: endless "inquiry" (i.e., data analysis, a tactic to avoid the work); hubris; workgroups that lack purpose and project management expertise; poorly designed structures that fail to communicate, collaborate

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The Higher Ed Marketer

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Ever since the internet lowered barriers for fundraising, getting the attention of donors has gotten increasingly harder. Many colleges and universities have responded by making their capital campaigns bigger. However, our guest, Steve Brady , Vice President for Institutional Advancement at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology , believes they should get smaller.

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Echo Delta

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

?. The campus visit is a make-or-break moment for traditional undergraduates. Yet, as schools around the country have made their way back to campus, selling the residential experience has been anything but business as usual. In this episode, we explore the current state of the campus visit and some of the most important challenges facing both schools and students.

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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Just over 20 years ago, Michael Zweig published The Working Class Majority: America’s Best Kept Secret. At that year’s How Class Works conference at SUNY Stony Brook, academics from history, political science, labor and industrial relations, and other fields debated Zweig’s use of the term “working class.” Some thought it was a throwback to the 1930s or a tip-off that someone was a Marxist.

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