business models Archives - Higher Education Today https://www.higheredtoday.org/topic/business-models/ A Blog by ACE Fri, 23 Feb 2024 16:00:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.higheredtoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/apple-touch-icon-150x150.png business models Archives - Higher Education Today https://www.higheredtoday.org/topic/business-models/ 32 32 Course Sharing: Business Models and the Learning Ecosystem in Action https://www.higheredtoday.org/2023/08/10/course-sharing-business-models-and-the-learning-ecosystem-in-action/ Thu, 10 Aug 2023 18:44:04 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17994 Read the third piece in a series focused on exploring the concept of a postsecondary learning ecosystem—one that includes not only traditional higher education institutions but also alternative providers that connect learners to the labor market.

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]]> Understanding the Impact of Industry-Led Partnerships With Higher Education Institutions https://www.higheredtoday.org/2023/08/03/understanding-the-impact-of-industry-led-partnerships-with-higher-education-institutions/ Thu, 03 Aug 2023 20:02:14 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17992 Title: Mapping the Opportunities: How Industry-Led Public-Private Partnerships Are Engaging Postsecondary Institutions to Benefit Employers, Postsecondary Institutions, and Students Authors: Alexandria Walton Radford, Helen Muhisani, Kathy Hughes, Jasmine Howard, and Lauren Mason Source: American Institutes for Research (AIR), Center for Applied Research in Postsecondary Education Strengthening student success and maximizing return on investments (ROI) for both students and institutions of higher ...

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]]> Essential Partners: Chief Academic Officers and Chief Financial Officers https://www.higheredtoday.org/2020/04/24/essential-partners-chief-academic-officers-chief-financial-officers/ Fri, 24 Apr 2020 20:19:44 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=16590 By Beth Ingram and Sharon Vasquez This post is the fifth in a series from the Association of Chief Academic Officers. The latest post in the ACAO series shares perspectives of two chief academic officers—one from a public institution in the Midwest with 12,700 students, the other from a private university in New England with 7,000 students. The topic is the CAO’s working ...

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]]> Survival to Transformation: Navigating Fiscal Distress During COVID-19 https://www.higheredtoday.org/2020/04/23/survival-transformation-navigating-fiscal-distress-covid-19/ Thu, 23 Apr 2020 16:39:08 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=16536 The phone call was bracing, to say the least. One of the more energizing parts of my job is talking regularly to college and university leaders around the world about the most pressing issues facing higher education. But this conversation was different. I could hear and feel the distress in the president’s voice: “Summer school enrollment is already under siege and ...

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]]> Are More Colleges Closing? (Spoiler Alert: Probably Not) https://www.higheredtoday.org/2019/09/23/colleges-closing-spoiler-alert-probably-not/ Mon, 23 Sep 2019 14:38:58 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=15669 By Phil Muehlenbeck and Karina Pineda With media outlets reporting almost daily on the challenges facing American colleges and universities, often focusing on the closures of small institutions, primarily private nonprofit colleges, you might get the impression that higher education institutions are an endangered species. But to paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of their demise have been greatly exaggerated. There is no ...

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]]> Mergers in Higher Education: A Proactive Strategy to a Better Future? https://www.higheredtoday.org/2017/11/15/mergers-higher-education-proactive-strategy-better-future/ Wed, 15 Nov 2017 15:33:16 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=11229 Title: Mergers in Higher Education: A Proactive Strategy to a Better Future? Authors: Ricardo Azziz, Guilbert Hentschke, Bonita Jacobs, Lloyd Jacobs, & Haven Ladd Date: September 2017 A recent report commissioned and published by the TIAA Institute examines the nature of mergers and acquisitions in higher education. The report aims to assist higher education leaders to better understand the possibility of ...

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]]> Second-Wave Competency-Based Education: A Focus on Quality https://www.higheredtoday.org/2017/09/25/second-wave-competency-based-education-focus-quality/ Mon, 25 Sep 2017 08:30:54 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=10681 The second CBE wave—more grounded and focused on quality than the first—is underway, and resources to support development of high-quality programs include the University of Wisconsin Flexible Option case study. Fear of being left behind in the chalk dust triggered the first wave of interest in competency-based education—or CBE—in the early 2000s. In 2012, that wave overlapped with a spike in ...

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]]> Inside Higher Ed: Results from Survey of College and University Business Officers https://www.higheredtoday.org/2017/08/02/inside-higher-ed-results-survey-college-university-business-officers/ Wed, 02 Aug 2017 13:23:45 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=10360 Title: Inside Higher Ed: Results from Survey of College and University Business Officers Authors: Doug Lederman and Rick Seltzer Source: Inside Higher Ed According to the 2017 Inside Higher Ed Survey of College and University Business Officers, half of campus chief budget officers (CBOs) have significantly modified their budget model in recent years. The rationale: seven in 10 CBOs agree that ...

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]]> Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education OKs New Funding Model for Universities https://www.higheredtoday.org/2017/06/20/kentucky-council-postsecondary-education-oks-new-funding-model-universities/ Tue, 20 Jun 2017 13:56:56 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=10069 Title: Board OKs New Funding Model for Universities Author: Adam Beam, Associated Press Source: U.S. News & World Report Last week the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (KYCPE) approved a new state funding model for its public colleges and universities. Thirty-five percent of state funding will be based on the kinds of degrees earned. Of that, five percent will be determined ...

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]]> Seeking Calm in the Middle of an Imperfect Storm https://www.higheredtoday.org/2017/04/12/seeking-calm-middle-imperfect-storm/ Wed, 12 Apr 2017 14:51:45 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=8989 By Thomas J. Botzman The pace of change in higher education used to be seen as glacial, slow or barely perceptible. Today it is more akin to a hurricane, and winds and water are changing the landscape as we speak. The forces at play are a demographic shift that includes fewer high school graduates, increased regulatory and governmental interventions, new competitors ...

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]]> Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education Orders Full Operational Review https://www.higheredtoday.org/2017/02/06/penn-state-system-higher-education-orders-full-operational-review/ Mon, 06 Feb 2017 19:35:54 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=7769 Institutions and systems are proactively thinking about how to confront a turbulent mix of demographic changes, stagnant revenue streams, and growing demands to simultaneously boost productivity while cutting costs. Recently, the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) became the latest example of these looming realities. Frank Brogan, chancellor of PASSHE, announced that the system will hire a consultant to perform ...

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]]> New Report Looks at State and Local Tuition- and Debt-Free College Plans https://www.higheredtoday.org/2017/01/04/new-report-looks-state-local-tuition-debt-free-college-plans/ Wed, 04 Jan 2017 19:31:34 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=7387 In the wake of the Republicans reclaiming the White House, tuition-free college at the federal level—a centerpiece of Democrat Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign—is unlikely to move forward any time soon. However, state and local tuition- and debt-free college plans are alive and well, as yesterday’s announcement from New York demonstrates: Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing to cover tuition costs at state ...

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