Janene Culumber Appointed to USF Credit Union Supervisory Committee
People WatchThe Sacramento BeeJanene Culumber, Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research, has recently been appointed to the University...
View ArticleNewman University Hires Independent School’s CFO
People WatchWichita Business JournalNewman University (Kan.) will have a new vice president for finance and administration later this year. Jennifer Gantz has been named to that position, effective...
View ArticleWayland Baptist University CFO Admitted Embezzlement
In The NewsMy San AntonioWayland Baptist University in Plainview, Texas, has fired chief financial officer James E. Smith amid accusations he used the school's money to pay off debts he and his wife...
View ArticleU. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Names New CFO
People WatchTHV11The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences announced that William Bowes will take over as CFO on July 1. Bowes most recently was chief financial officer for the Connecticut...
View ArticleStrayer University Launches ‘Graduation Fund’ to Address College...
In The NewsStrayer UniversityStarting from day one, for every three classes a new student successfully completes, Strayer University (Va.) will place one Tuition Award in their Graduation Fund to cover...
View ArticleLouisiana Lawmakers Are Debating Higher Ed Tuition Hikes
In The NewsKATC.comIn the last four years, higher education in Louisiana has felt the brunt of more than $650 million in cuts. Depending on what happens in the state legislature, tuition could rise for...
View ArticleTackling College Affordability: Criteria for a System Redesign
OpinionHuffington PostThere is a lot of talk right now about the future of higher education, and particularly about how student financing should be redesigned within that new future. The main driver of...
View ArticleOklahoma Higher-Ed System Faces New Financial Crisis
In The NewsTulsa WorldUnless lawmakers find the money, Oklahoma's higher education facilities will be forced to fork over an additional $24 million a year in bond costs that education leaders...
View ArticleBest Practices in Financial Aid Strategy
ResourcesSkannell & KurzIn this web seminar, Scannell & Kurz offers best practices in deploying scarce aid resources, while discussing how to evaluate the effectiveness of current pricing and...
View ArticleWhat We Should Know about Investments and Endowments
ResourcesCommonfundJohn Griswold, executive director of Commonfund Institute, talks in this Q&A about how colleges and universities can make smart choices in an uncertain economy, and details the...
View ArticleMinnesota House Passes Higher Ed Budget that Would Freeze Tuition
In The NewsTwin Cities Daily PlanetIn a vote that some lawmakers hailed as a first step toward curbing the rising costs of college, Minnesota's House passed an omnibus bill that would freeze tuition...
View ArticleColorado U-Boulder students teach middle schoolers financial literacy
In The NewsUniversity of Colorado-BoulderColorado University-Boulder students, with the guidance of Associate Professor Alan Jagolinzer of the Leeds School, have planned and provided 50-minute lessons...
View ArticleCampus engagement centers see funding boost
Also In This IssueAs other campus departments experience cut or stagnant budgets, campus engagement centers have been an exception. Although they’re generally smaller departments, their budgets have...
View ArticleLehigh Valley Economic Development Corp. names Lehigh University's Kim...
People WatchThe Express-TimesThe Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corp. has a new administrator. Edwards joins LVEDC after working the last 15 years as director of the financing assistance program at...
View ArticleHigher Education Commission names CFO
People WatchInside Indiana BusinessMatt Hawkins will join the staff of the Indiana Commission for Higher Education on July 8 as Associate Commissioner and Chief Financial Officer. Hawkins currently...
View ArticleHigher ed finance bill clears Michigan Senate with bipartisan support
In The NewsPolitics in MinnesotaThe Michigan Senate passed a higher education finance bill that includes $250 million in additional funding and a tuition freeze at the state’s public colleges and...
View ArticleVermont lags in state support for higher education
In The Newsvtdigger.orgVermont is spending $931 less per student on higher education than it did five years ago. That’s nearly a 19 percent reduction, and although it's less of a plunge than most other...
View ArticleCollege is becoming more difficult for the middle class to afford
In The NewsThe Daily - University of Washington Concerning economic trends are beginning to undermine access to higher education — America’s golden ticket to the middle class. The cost of college has...
View ArticleTexas U System strategizes on how to keep research schools strong
In The NewsThe Dallas Morning NewsYou don’t hear much about CEOs wanting to run their companies like a university, but you hear plenty of talk about running higher education more like a business. That...
View ArticleHigher Education Board approves U of Oregon tuition increase
In The NewsDaily EmeraldAt a meeting in Portland, members of the Higher Education Board’s Finance and Administration committee agreed to submit a budget proposal to the Oregon University System that...
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