Finance
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A Reset for Higher Education
To understand what needs to be done now, we need to first understand the changes pressuring our enterprise: deficits, demographics, and demand.
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Graphic: The Soaring Cost of College
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College and University Endowments Over $250-Million, 2009
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Plus: More Data on Finance
The Profession
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More Pressure on Faculty Members, From Every Direction
Changes in the American professoriate's demographics and work life are the greatest we have seen in over half a century.
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Graphic: Increasingly, Faculty Members Are Part-Time and Untenured
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Employees in Colleges and Universities by Racial and Ethnic Group, Fall 2007
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Plus: More Data on the Profession
Student Demographics
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As Students Change, Colleges Must Follow
When you combine an increasingly diverse student population; a higher-education system that is underfinanced; and a political leadership demanding unprecedented enrollment and graduation levels—well, something has got to give.
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Graphic: Undergraduate Enrollments by Type of College
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Interactive Map: Proportion of College Students Enrolled at Public and 4-Year Institutions, Fall 2008
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Plus: More Data on Student Demographics
Access and Equity
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Asking the Right Questions About College Access
Discussions about access to college should no longer be limited to whether or not students can pay the tuition. Gaps in degree attainment have plenty of other sources.
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Graphic: Enrollment Growth, 1998-2008—More Minorities, More Women
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Student Financial Aid, 2008-9
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Plus: More Data on Access and Equity
Technology
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The CIO of the Future: a Problem-Solver and a Knowledge-Builder
CIO's who are skilled at building teams of knowledge workers will be invited and expected at the strategic-planning table. CIO's who fail will end up as mere caretakers of infrastructure.
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Graphic: What's in the Cloud? A Snapshot of Functions Handled Off-Campus
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Licensing Revenue and Patent Activity, 2008 Fiscal Year
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Plus: More Data on Technology
International
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University Globalization Is Here to Stay
The "us versus them" prism through which American universities and policy makers sometimes view stepped-up global competition is becoming less and less relevant.
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Enrollment in Higher-Education Institutions by Selected Countries, 2007
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Foreign Students' Places of Origin 2008-9
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Plus: More International Data
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