eCampus News - Policy Archives https://www.ecampusnews.com/campus-leadership/policy/ Higher Ed News Mon, 15 May 2023 17:11:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2 https://www.ecampusnews.com/files/2021/03/cropped-ecnicon-1-32x32.jpg eCampus News - Policy Archives https://www.ecampusnews.com/campus-leadership/policy/ 32 32 107582492 2 keys to budget success this season https://www.ecampusnews.com/campus-leadership/2023/05/19/2-keys-to-budget-success-this-season/ Fri, 19 May 2023 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.ecampusnews.com/?p=101584 As you step through the essential process of higher education budget planning, there are important principles that can guide your approach.Budget season is a fraught time for leaders in higher education. College leaders must balance a multitude of intense and competing pressures as they craft their budgets. They are given the unenviable task of perpetually doing more with fewer resources. Drive enrollment, yet cut costs. Expand offerings, while trimming overhead. The project can seem insurmountable.

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]]> 101584 Ensuring school and workplace diversity without affirmative action https://www.ecampusnews.com/campus-leadership/2023/05/11/ensuring-school-and-workplace-diversity-without-affirmative-action/ Thu, 11 May 2023 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.ecampusnews.com/?p=101478 Without government policy to support diverse education, many future students and society’s future leaders are counting on higher-ed leaders.Most higher education institutions are collectively holding their breaths in anticipation of the Supreme Court decision on affirmative action and college admissions, which is expected late this spring or early summer. Higher education institutions are bracing for the impact of the potential ban on its recruitment and admissions requirements.

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]]> 101478 Some CO colleges enroll more first-generation students. Should they get more money? https://www.ecampusnews.com/campus-leadership/2023/03/10/colleges-first-generation-students-more-money/ Fri, 10 Mar 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.ecampusnews.com/?p=100999 There’s no federal designation in serving first-generation students, but some schools spend more on programs to help those students get to graduationColorado colleges and universities would get a special designation if they enroll a high number of students who are the first in their families to go to college, under a bill proposed this year. 

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]]> 100999 Can higher ed solve its 7 wicked problems? https://www.ecampusnews.com/campus-leadership/2023/03/09/can-higher-ed-solve-its-7-wicked-problems/ Thu, 09 Mar 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.ecampusnews.com/?p=100788 Higher ed needs help--identifying solutions to persistent wicked problems will be challenging, but not impossible.The education industry is among the slowest of industries to adapt and innovate, and higher education faces a number of complex, pervasive challenges if it is to survive and meet the needs of students.

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]]> 100788 Don’t lead alone: A leadership coach is the secret ingredient https://www.ecampusnews.com/campus-leadership/2023/02/23/dont-lead-alone-a-leadership-coach-is-the-secret-ingredient/ Thu, 23 Feb 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.ecampusnews.com/?p=100735 A leadership coach is not only looking at the big picture of your institution--they are looking at the bigger picture of higher education as a wholeBecoming a college president is the culmination of years of training, experience, and focused work. Upon moving into the presidential suite, it becomes immediately clear that the work is just beginning. 

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]]> 100735 3 things academic research institutions can learn from Moderna https://www.ecampusnews.com/campus-leadership/2023/02/09/academic-research-institutions-learn-moderna/ Thu, 09 Feb 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.ecampusnews.com/?p=100593 It's critical that academic research institutions look to Moderna and its practices for solid scientific investments that expand knowledge.Being publicly traded and with a market cap of about $70 billion as of this writing, Moderna is emphatically not an academic institution. While it may seem cynical to say given the extraordinary contribution its mRNA COVID-19 vaccines have made to global public health, its job as a corporation is to provide its shareholders acceptable return on investment. Since the Cambridge, Mass.-based biotech firm went public four years ago, it has succeeded on that front: The company is worth roughly 10 times its offering price.

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]]> 100593 Higher-ed leaders predict financial stability despite looming demographic cliff https://www.ecampusnews.com/campus-leadership/2023/01/25/higher-ed-leaders-predict-financial-stability-despite-looming-demographic-cliff/ Wed, 25 Jan 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.ecampusnews.com/?p=100539 Survey reveals finance leaders’ confidence in long-term stability as they prepare for enrollment declines, inflation, and labor shortages. Financial stability is a must for higher-ed leaders.U.S. higher education leaders remain overwhelmingly positive about the financial health of their institutions now and in the near term, according to the CFO Outlook for Higher Education, the sixth annual such report from Syntellis Performance Solutions.

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]]> 100539 Long-range financial planning is the next smart move for CFOs https://www.ecampusnews.com/campus-leadership/2023/01/20/long-range-financial-planning/ Fri, 20 Jan 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.ecampusnews.com/?p=100519 For CFOs, better financial decision-making starts with a data-informed approach to long-range financial planning.Is the institution making the best use of its money? Are students and university stakeholders satisfied with their return on investment? Can we survive, or thrive, five to ten years from now? These are just a few of the questions keeping CFOs up at night, and rightfully so, since they are facing increasingly complex questions about their institution’s financial future.

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]]> 100519 Welcome to middle age, Title IX–good to be here with you https://www.ecampusnews.com/campus-leadership/2022/11/14/welcome-to-middle-age-title-ix-good-to-be-here-with-you/ Mon, 14 Nov 2022 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.ecampusnews.com/?p=100207 Here are 2 things colleges can do to reframe their thinking around Title IX and continue to move forward in a positive directionI was born six months after Title IX was enacted; I have not known a world in which this civil rights legislation did not exist. I think of it as a bit of unearned good fortune. I know from experience that not everyone feels this way.

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]]> 100207 Do college ranking systems really measure quality? https://www.ecampusnews.com/campus-leadership/2022/10/03/do-college-ranking-systems-really-measure-quality/ Mon, 03 Oct 2022 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.ecampusnews.com/?p=99925 As consumers who look at these college ranking systems to compare institutions, we have to trust the colleges are submitting accurate data.Are college ranking systems legitimate? Do they accurately report data that can be trusted? Do they actually measure the quality of the educational experience at these colleges?

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