The 2023–24 FAFSA rollout was plagued by delays, technical issues, and confusion, disrupting financial aid timelines and shaking families’ confidence. With FAFSA opening two months later than usual this year,
The start of anything new can always be a little daunting; however, we also know that doing something worthwhile will always require effort and reaching outside our comfort zones. This
“Retention” rarely appears on those lists of higher ed jargon to avoid. While college students can identify countless unwelcoming phrases and acronyms, employees in higher education have no trouble agreeing
The higher education landscape is characterized by a wide range of institutions with various levels of financial stability. A few enjoy enormous wealth. Annually, a handful close or merge with
Years after the publication of Nathan Grawe’s 2017 book Demographics and the Demand for Higher Education, there is still extensive discussion about how to best approach the impending enrollment cliff.
As a result of my last two academic positions (department chair and associate dean for planning and finance) at an institution that has practiced a relatively pure form of responsibility-centered
Those in higher education have been aware of the looming “demographic cliff” facing campuses across the US since at least 2018, when Nathan Grawe published Demographics and the Demand for
Over the past several months an increasing number of articles have addressed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on aspects of higher education. While its impact on students was recognized
In a recent Academic Leader article, we outlined the need for colleges and universities to increase their efforts in undergraduate student recruiting in order to remain fiscally secure in an
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed virtually every aspect of everything we do. While we hope, and plan, that it will soon be controlled and that ‘life” will return to normal,
