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TWO Demographic Cliffs? The Enrollment Case for Diversifying Revenue Streams

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But, as I was working on this, I read a story in the Chronicle of Higher Education buried by all the coverage of the FAFSA fiasco that alarmed me. Department of Education (IPEDS) projections for first-year students now, in 2020, and in 2016 in orange. Demographics and the Demand for Higher Education.

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Online Program Managers: What Are OPMs in Higher Education?

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It's unclear, however, how pervasive these companies are in higher education. OPMs have become a hot topic in higher education policy circles, but for the uninitiated, it can be hard to understand why. Hall's analysis showed that 2U, a public company, spent over half its revenue on marketing and sales from 2016-2020.

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We Wrote the Book on Strategic Enrollment Planning (Again): New Third Edition Released by RNL

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It’s been seven years (2016) since we published the second edition, and so much has changed. The higher ed landscape continues to change at a rapid pace, and yesterday’s enrollment planning methods will not yield the kind of results most college and university leadership teams are looking for. What’s in the new book edition?

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Building an Action Plan for Enrollment Success at the Strategic Enrollment Planning Forum

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A second edition followed in 2016, but as you know, higher ed has undergone massive changes in the last eight years. As you can see from the agenda , we will cover a variety of key topics about the higher education environment, examine major parts of the SEP process, and conduct working sessions.

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Professor Gender Pay Gap: Colleges Haven’t Fixed It. Will Courts?

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The Gender Pay Gap in Academia Women earn lower salaries than men across higher education. Men professors from 3,577 institutions earned an average salary of $97,000 per year in 2021, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. That number slipped to 26% in 2016. By 2019, that number had increased to 45%.

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Penn State Cuts Over $100M From Budget to Address Financial Challenges

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While we are facing considerable rising costs — like every other higher education institution across the country — we also will continue to make strategic investments where they will have the most impact on our mission and identify new revenue streams to build an even stronger future for Penn State."

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California Program Makes Master’s Degrees More Attainable for Incarcerated Students

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"CDCR is proud to partner with CSUDH to further the Department's commitment in expanding 'grade school to grad school' opportunities and also strengthen collaborative efforts with California's public higher education system," CDCR Secretary Jeff Macomber said in a press release. CSUDH President Thomas A. Inciting an Impact About 13.5%