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FINANCIAL HEALTH
View resources that discuss barriers, hardships, and solutions for institutional financial health
EQUITY
Read how equity-centric programs are being established and developed from institutions across the nation
STUDENT SUPPORT & SUCCESS
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Transformation 101: How universities can overcome financial headwinds to focus on their mission
Troubled universities can reset their financial trajectory.
Higher Education: A Pathway for Successful Cost Reduction
This publication examines the three success factors that higher education providers should consider in their cost reduction approach. Successful delivery of cost reduction programs will not only be the key to managing immediate cash flow challenges but ensure universities have optionality moving forward.
NACUBO Tuition Discounting Study
The annual NACUBO Tuition Discounting Study (TDS), sponsored by Vemo Education, measures institutional tuition discount rates and other indicators of institutionally funded scholarships awarded to undergraduates attending private, nonprofit (independent) colleges and universities. See the TDS Glossary for more information.
A Path to Sustainability: How Revenue Diversification Helps Colleges and Universities Survive Tough Economic Conditions
The paper chronicles the significant changes in the financing of higher education, examines three rationales for revenue diversification, and then analyzes the effect of diversification on institutional revenue per student at a large sample of private, non-research institutions during the worst of recent economic periods. Implications for practice are then discussed.
A Generational Challenge: State Postsecondary Education Policies to Support Economic Recovery and Individual Opportunity
During this time of unprecedented economic, health, and social challenges, states must leverage higher education as a strategic asset rather than simply a budgetary expense.
Diversifying Campus Revenue Streams: Opportunities and Risks
The primary leadership challenge for college presidents today is to maintain high quality and competitive standing in the face of menacing resource constraints. To meet this challenge, many institutions have begun to adopt more business-like perspectives, particularly by aggressively pursuing alternative revenue streams.
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MAPS:
Five Themes For Centering Student Equity
In Fall 2020, MAPS contributors from across the country, including students, researchers, practitioners, and decision makers, convened to develop key assertions about how to move toward a more equitable future.
How to Stand Up for Equity in Higher Education
The pandemic has greatly intensified equity gaps. A Strada survey reported that half of all Latinx students surveyed and 42 percent of Black students canceled or altered their educational plans due to the pandemic, compared to 26 percent of non-Hispanic white students.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Action
The terms diversity, equity, and inclusion have become ubiquitous on college and university campuses. Students, faculty, and staff agree that it’s important—even essential—to build diverse, equitable, and inclusive campus communities, but what does it take to make that happen?
Best & Promising Practices for Equity in Higher Education
Provide an array of concepts and successful practices for embedding equityin higher education to inform the strategic direction for GRC’s Equity-Centered Strategic Plan.
Laying the Groundwork
Where is your team starting from? Have racism and equity been part of your dialogue for a while, or are they new? The readings and activities in this phase will help you build a new vocabulary and a deeper understanding of racism and equity together.
Aspen Institute
Structural Equity: Big-Picture Thinking & Partnerships That Improve Community College Student Outcomes
Community colleges play a vital role in creating a more equitable society through educational opportunity. The most effective community colleges—those that not only enroll but graduate large numbers of students from underserved communities—have worked hard to fundamentally reform internal structures and operations so that the education and supports students receive are aligned with student success goals. Much of the national dialogue and efforts to improve community college performance have focused on critical elements of internal change.
Online learning during COVID-19: 8 ways universities can improve equity and access
Our collaborative research group, based at Université Laval, Concordia University, Florida State University, University of Southern California and San Francisco State University, sought to better understand how universities planned to make sure all students would have access to online learning and be able to participate as courses moved online. Our team met remotely with staff from 19 centres in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Lebanon.
Anti-Racism in Higher Education: A Model for Change
Racism continues to persist in higher education and traditional diversity initiatives that focus only on support resources and tolerance training continue to fall short in making lasting change on college and university campuses. The purpose of this scholarly paper is to present a model for change within higher education that distributes leadership and institutional power across racial lines and enlightens the White community about systemic inequities.
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