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AT THE RISK OF INVITING the ire of clients and friends, I think it’s fair to say that colleges and universities are the “chosen ones” of the federal grants world. They have more favorable rules compared to those in other areas.
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AT THE RISK OF INVITING the ire of clients and friends, I think it’s fair to say that colleges and universities are the “chosen ones” of the federal grants world. They have more favorable rules compared to those in other areas.
As colleges and universities face the sobering realities of the economic crisis, one has to wonder: Is higher education approaching the perfect storm?
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A USA TODAY HEADLINE states, “Tuition Hikes Will Ease.” The article opens, “The price tag for college tuition is continuing to climb this year, but experts are predicting less sticker shock than in the past two years.”
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THE WORLD’S FINANCIAL markets spent the latter part of 2008 in an unprecedented state of volatility. Pictures of frazzled and depressed traders became one of the worst clichés in the news because they seemed to run every day.
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FINANCIAL AID ADMINISTRATORS are leading the fight against misleading direct-to-consumer (DTC) marketing of private student loans, but it can feel like a losing battle at times.
With the inauguration of Sen. Barack Obama as President in January and an increase in the Democratic majority in Congress, the higher education community probably can look forward to unified positions on policy issues ranging from student aid to the role community colleges and other institutions play in building the country’s workforce.
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Two years ago, in writing about career planning for college students in “The [Next] Real World” (University Business, April and August 2006), we advised colleges to bring administrators, faculty, and students together to focus on f
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Yale University’s Sharon Kugler just hired a coordinator for Muslim life. Another of her program coordinators recently searched out a kosher-Chinese food restaurant in surrounding New Haven.
If your institution is not among those that have realized the considerable benefits an e-procurement solution offers, we have one question: Why not?
E-procurement saves time, money, labor, and paper, while increasing the service delivered to constituents.
America is facing a challenging time. With a weakened economy and limited resources, businesses — regardless of size and industry — need to ensure they are maintaining a positive cash flow. And higher educational institutions are not immune.
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WHAT WOULD YOU PAY FOR A COPY OF Introduction to Economic Analysis by R. Preston McAfee? $100? $150? How about nothing?
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DO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING campus disputes sound familiar to you?
--An academic department chair is struggling with warring factions among the faculty who do not get along and are engaged in petty in fighting.
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PACKAGING FINANCIAL AID based on a “grid” that considers both need and quality is becoming more and more common as higher ed institutions attempt to target grants efficiently and effectively to achieve goals.
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IN APRIL 2008, STUDENTS AT the University of Florida in Gainesville staged a hunger strike to protest the investment policies and lack of transparency for the campus’s $1.2 billion foundation endowment.
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ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE opportunities created by budget problems is the chance to put in motion some long-awaited changes for your college or university.