http://www.accordata.org Higher education sustainability in changing economic times Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:55:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education summarizes the peril of public colleges in the face of state cuts: Some college leaders say ... the new fiscal reality [will lead] institutions to narrow their missions, limit course offerings, and require students to pay increasingly greater shares of the cost ... http://www.accordata.org/archives/180 Recent news and commentary highlights the particular challenge community colleges face: increasing enrollment amidst pressures to cut expenses through early retirement and other measures that reduce staff. “It's a strange time to try to purge staff, since we have more students than we can handle already,” observes a community college ... http://www.accordata.org/archives/172 A June 23, 2009 Inside Higher Ed article (“Hazard or Opportunity?”) reported on a “meeting of educators and policy makers” sponsored by Jobs for the Future, the Lumina Foundation for Education, and Education Sector, among others. The meeting aimed at drawing lessons from recent difficulties faced by newspapers and healthcare ... http://www.accordata.org/archives/157 In the context of demands for increased enrollment, decreased state support, and rising costs, “colleges are going to have to lower what they spend to produce the average credential they award,” writes Doug Lederman, author of a May 19 Inside Higher Ed article titled, What Does a Degree Cost? But ... http://www.accordata.org/archives/36 Our Portfolio Modeling Dashboard allows you to project changes in revenues and expenses instantly based upon potential enrollment patterns using your institution's actual revenue and expense data. The projections are customized to your institution and are therefore much more accurate than those based upon averages or other institutions' data. For example, you ... http://www.accordata.org/archives/87 Amherst, NY -- Academic Portfolio Modeling Services, a Division of RMJFF Leadership Solutions, LLC is proud to announce a name change. Our new name is Accord: Integrated Academic and Financial Information. Our new web address is: www.accordata.org. Accord provides analysis services to higher education institutions by combining enrollment and financial data to ... http://www.accordata.org/archives/76 Amherst, NY -- Bonnie Fox Garrity, Ed.D, joined Academic Portfolio Modeling Services (APM Services), a Division of RMJFF Leadership Solutions, LLC. Fox Garrity's background includes 10 years of experience as a business professor. Fox Garrity recently received a doctorate in Educational Leadership, and her research and publishing focus on ... http://www.accordata.org/archives/73