Podcasts about university business officers

Jesica Lopez-Huskey is an experienced marketing and communication professional passionate about working within public safety. She leverages her creativity honed from working within Hollywood's most iconic brands DreamWorks, DreamWorks Animation, and Marvel Studios, for storytelling on behalf of private security firms to police agencies.Her career in law enforcement agencies began by accident in 2016. Chief of Police Joe Monroe of the University of Kentucky Police Department (UKPD) sought to fill one vacant position but found two qualified applicants. By sheer luck, a new role was created. Lopez-Huskey became the agency's first Senior Marketing/Promotions Specialist, which changed her career trajectory.For more than four years, Lopez-Huskey successfully elevated the image, brand, reputation, and perception of the largest university police department in the state. She reorganized and re-branded departmental websites for greater transparency. Most notably, she built an informed and highly engaged audience on social media. Her engaging articles, humorous crime tips, and safety videos often became a source of local news stories, to the extent that a video of two officers rescuing a baby duckling from a storm drain reached 189,000 views on Facebook. Notwithstanding, the story was shared on Fox News and distributed across seven international news outlets from England to Scotland.Through her involvement with UKPD, she was invited to chronicle the history of the departmental motor unit, published in the Harley-Davidson Motor magazine. A thought leader, Lopez-Huskey, spoke on law enforcement utilization of social media at the Southern Association of College & University Business Officers, College Business Management Institute (CBMI).In addition to her efforts on behalf of policing, she volunteered on the Board of The Girl Project Arts Initiative. She was an advisor for Natalie's Sisters, a Community outreach program in partnership with the Lexington, Kentucky Police Department. She also received awards for her contributions to public safety, including the Staff Senate Award and peer-recognized Support Employee of the Year award.Most recently, as Safety Communications Manager at the University of Chicago, she led efforts to build public engagement and awareness on safety issues by refining and implementing the University's safety communications strategy, re-organizing the Department of Public Safety website, and create safety-related content.Originally from Los Angeles, California, Lopez-Huskey is a native Spanish speaker. She earned her bachelor's degree in political science from Claremont McKenna College and resides in Chicagoland with her husband and two sons. In her spare time, she likes to meet new people, read fiction, and listen to NPR podcasts.Sponsored by the Social Media Strategies Summit. Check out their website to learn more about their upcoming social media conferences for Public Safety and Government professionals. https://bit.ly/3IrRdDL

As we continue our gradual emergence from a certain hibernation over the last three years, the opportunity to engage with our colleagues is more critical than ever. Brad Bacca, President of Western Colorado University and the Western Association of College and University Business Officers, sits down this week with Howard Teibel as they turn their attention to the upcoming WACUBO Annual Conference coming April 30 to May 3 in Phoenix, Arizona. This year's theme is Rising to the Challenge - A call to intentionally engage in what we've learned and face our challenges with renewed resilience.You can join Howard at the conference in his pre-conference workshop on producing innovative and creative thinking in the business office.To learn more about this conference or register for the event, visit WACUBO.org. (00:00) - Welcome to Navigating Change (01:50) - Introducing Brad Bacca (03:48) - The Value of Coming Together (05:07) - The Keynotes (10:00) - The President's View (11:48) - Rising Challenge of Divided Government (13:12) - The General Session (16:05) - Pre-Conference Workshops (17:01) - Business Partners (18:56) - WACUBO After Dark

This episode of the Design Thinking 101 podcast is 5.5 Things Every Designer Should Know About: the Future of Higher Education. Our guest today is Bryan Alexander. Bryan is a senior scholar at Georgetown University and runs a consultancy focused on the future of higher education.  Listen to learn about: The current state of higher education Student loan debt and the financial structure of universities and colleges The role of tech and digital platforms in higher ed The effects of the lack of population growth and increased longevity on higher education and society The connection between higher education and the climate crisis How science fiction can help us think about the future Our Guest Bryan Alexander is an award–winning, internationally known futurist, researcher, writer, speaker, consultant, and teacher, working in the field of higher education's future. He completed his English language and literature PhD at the University of Michigan in 1997, with a dissertation on doppelgangers in Romantic-era fiction and poetry.  Then Bryan taught literature, writing, multimedia, and information technology studies at Centenary College of Louisiana. There he also pioneered multi-campus interdisciplinary classes, while organizing an information literacy initiative. From 2002 to 2014, Bryan worked with the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE), a non-profit working to help small colleges and universities best integrate digital technologies. With NITLE he held several roles, including co-director of a regional education and technology center, director of emerging technologies, and senior fellow. Over those years Bryan helped develop and support the nonprofit, grew peer networks, consulted, and conducted a sustained research agenda. In 2013, Bryan launched a business, Bryan Alexander Consulting, LLC. Through BAC he consults throughout higher education in the United States and abroad. Bryan speaks widely and publishes frequently, with articles appearing in venues including The Atlantic Monthly, Inside Higher Ed. He has been interviewed by and featured in the Washington Post, MSNBC, The Wall Street Journal, US News and World Report, National Public Radio (2017, 2020, 2020, 2020, 2020), the Chronicle of Higher Education (2016, 2020), the Atlantic Monthly, Reuters, Times Higher Education, the National Association of College and University Business Officers, Pew Research, Campus Technology, The Hustle, Minnesota Public Radio, USA Today, and the Connected Learning Alliance.  He recently published Academia Next: The Futures of Higher Education for Johns Hopkins University Press (January 2020), which won an Association of Professional Futurists award. His next book, Universities on Fire: Higher Education in the Age of Climate Crisis, is forthcoming from Johns Hopkins. His two other recent books are Gearing Up For Learning Beyond K-12 and The New Digital Storytelling (second edition). Bryan is currently a senior scholar at Georgetown University and teaches graduate seminars in their Learning, Design, and Technology program.   Show Highlights  [01:50] Bryan kicks things off by talking about the state of higher education financing. [03:32] How do we achieve the promise of higher education? [04:10] The idea of debt forgiveness. [04:50] The varying experiences of college students in terms of the financial investment in a degree. [06:45] Issues with the “sticker price” of tuition. [07:20] The real price of tuition. [09:11] The financialization of higher education. [11:25] The digitalization of higher education. [12:02] How the pandemic accelerated the use of digital technology in higher education. [13:10] The contribution of higher education to digital, online content. [14:27] The need for more support for faculty using digital platforms. [15:02] Campus enrollment vs online enrollment. [15:59] Bryan considers the future of higher education and digital tech. [17:47] Backlash against the online learning experience. [20:30] The demographic transition re-shaping the world. [24:17] The increasing healthcare needs of an aging population. [25:19] Population shrink and what it means for higher education. [29:18] The enrollment challenge. [30:41] College enrollment peaked in 2012. [33:04] Lack of enrollment contributes to the financial precariousness of higher ed. [34:46] Higher education is more concerned than ever before about students as people, and devoting resources to helping improve their health and wellbeing. [36:56] The climate crisis and higher education. [37:25] The future evolution of physical campuses. [41:41] The possibility of addressing the climate crisis in higher education. [44:34] Science fiction and thinking about the future. [50:28] The Future Trends Forum.   Links Bryan on Twitter Bryan on LinkedIn Bryan on Medium Bryan's website The Future of Education Observatory The Future Trends Forum   Book Recommendations  The Population Bomb, by Paul Ehrlich and David Brower Rainbow's End, by Vernor Vinge The Highest Frontier, by Joan Slonczewski The Actual Star, by Monica Byrne Academia Next: The Futures of Higher Education, by Bryan Alexander The New Digital Storytelling: Creating Narratives with New Media, by Bryan Alexander Gearing Up for Learning Beyond K-12: Preparing Students and Schools for Modern Higher Education (Solutions) (Off-Campus and Blended Methods of Engaging in Advanced Learning), by Bryan Alexander   Other Design Thinking 101 Episodes You Might Like Redesigning a Design School + Designing Higher Ed with Jason Schupbach — DT101 E30 Learning Design with Yianna Vovides — DT101 E58 Design + Afrofuturism + Doomsday Optimism with Raja Schaar — DT101 E91

This episode of the Design Thinking 101 podcast is 5.5 Things Every Designer Should Know About: the Future of Higher Education. Our guest today is Bryan Alexander. Bryan is a senior scholar at Georgetown University and runs a consultancy focused on the future of higher education.  Listen to learn about: The current state of higher education Student loan debt and the financial structure of universities and colleges The role of tech and digital platforms in higher ed The effects of the lack of population growth and increased longevity on higher education and society The connection between higher education and the climate crisis How science fiction can help us think about the future Our Guest Bryan Alexander is an award–winning, internationally known futurist, researcher, writer, speaker, consultant, and teacher, working in the field of higher education's future. He completed his English language and literature PhD at the University of Michigan in 1997, with a dissertation on doppelgangers in Romantic-era fiction and poetry.  Then Bryan taught literature, writing, multimedia, and information technology studies at Centenary College of Louisiana. There he also pioneered multi-campus interdisciplinary classes, while organizing an information literacy initiative. From 2002 to 2014, Bryan worked with the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE), a non-profit working to help small colleges and universities best integrate digital technologies. With NITLE he held several roles, including co-director of a regional education and technology center, director of emerging technologies, and senior fellow. Over those years Bryan helped develop and support the nonprofit, grew peer networks, consulted, and conducted a sustained research agenda. In 2013, Bryan launched a business, Bryan Alexander Consulting, LLC. Through BAC he consults throughout higher education in the United States and abroad. Bryan speaks widely and publishes frequently, with articles appearing in venues including The Atlantic Monthly, Inside Higher Ed. He has been interviewed by and featured in the Washington Post, MSNBC, The Wall Street Journal, US News and World Report, National Public Radio (2017, 2020, 2020, 2020, 2020), the Chronicle of Higher Education (2016, 2020), the Atlantic Monthly, Reuters, Times Higher Education, the National Association of College and University Business Officers, Pew Research, Campus Technology, The Hustle, Minnesota Public Radio, USA Today, and the Connected Learning Alliance.  He recently published Academia Next: The Futures of Higher Education for Johns Hopkins University Press (January 2020), which won an Association of Professional Futurists award. His next book, Universities on Fire: Higher Education in the Age of Climate Crisis, is forthcoming from Johns Hopkins. His two other recent books are Gearing Up For Learning Beyond K-12 and The New Digital Storytelling (second edition). Bryan is currently a senior scholar at Georgetown University and teaches graduate seminars in their Learning, Design, and Technology program.   Show Highlights  [01:50] Bryan kicks things off by talking about the state of higher education financing. [03:32] How do we achieve the promise of higher education? [04:10] The idea of debt forgiveness. [04:50] The varying experiences of college students in terms of the financial investment in a degree. [06:45] Issues with the “sticker price” of tuition. [07:20] The real price of tuition. [09:11] The financialization of higher education. [11:25] The digitalization of higher education. [12:02] How the pandemic accelerated the use of digital technology in higher education. [13:10] The contribution of higher education to digital, online content. [14:27] The need for more support for faculty using digital platforms. [15:02] Campus enrollment vs online enrollment. [15:59] Bryan considers the future of higher education and digital tech. [17:47] Backlash against the online learning experience. [20:30] The demographic transition re-shaping the world. [24:17] The increasing healthcare needs of an aging population. [25:19] Population shrink and what it means for higher education. [29:18] The enrollment challenge. [30:41] College enrollment peaked in 2012. [33:04] Lack of enrollment contributes to the financial precariousness of higher ed. [34:46] Higher education is more concerned than ever before about students as people, and devoting resources to helping improve their health and wellbeing. [36:56] The climate crisis and higher education. [37:25] The future evolution of physical campuses. [41:41] The possibility of addressing the climate crisis in higher education. [44:34] Science fiction and thinking about the future. [50:28] The Future Trends Forum.   Links Bryan on Twitter Bryan on LinkedIn Bryan on Medium Bryan's website The Future of Education Observatory The Future Trends Forum   Book Recommendations  The Population Bomb, by Paul Ehrlich and David Brower Rainbow's End, by Vernor Vinge The Highest Frontier, by Joan Slonczewski The Actual Star, by Monica Byrne Academia Next: The Futures of Higher Education, by Bryan Alexander The New Digital Storytelling: Creating Narratives with New Media, by Bryan Alexander Gearing Up for Learning Beyond K-12: Preparing Students and Schools for Modern Higher Education (Solutions) (Off-Campus and Blended Methods of Engaging in Advanced Learning), by Bryan Alexander   Other Design Thinking 101 Episodes You Might Like Redesigning a Design School + Designing Higher Ed with Jason Schupbach — DT101 E30 Learning Design with Yianna Vovides — DT101 E58 Design + Afrofuturism + Doomsday Optimism with Raja Schaar — DT101 E91

Most business officers are upbeat about their colleges' financial future. Why is that so, and are they right to be so optimistic? This week's episode of The Key features a discussion about Inside Higher Ed's 2022 Survey of College and University Business Officers, which generally found college chief financial officers feeling pretty good about how their institutions are faring and how they're positioned for the future. The episode explores the survey's results, but also digs into whether financial and other leaders in higher education think their institutions need to make meaningful changes in how they operate to be financially sustainable and stable down the road – and whether their pretty rosy view might make them less inclined to see the need for significant changes on their campuses. The conversation features three business officers: Diane Snyder, vice chancellor of finance and administration at the Alamo Colleges District in Texas; Cynthia Vizcaino Villa, senior vice president for administration and finance at California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, and Mark Volpatti, vice president for finance and chief financial officer at Indiana's Valparaiso University. Hosted by Inside Higher Ed Editor Doug Lederman. Sponsored by EY-Parthenon.

Today on SA Voices from the Field we are bringing you a crossover episode between our podcast and CBO Speaks, a podcast of the National Association of College and University Business Officers. Today, we are speaking with Nicole Trufant, Vice President of Finance and Administration for the University of New England, and Gerald Hector, Vice President of Finance and Administration for Ithaca College.  About NACUBO The National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) is a membership organization representing more than 1,700 colleges and universities across the country. About CBO Speaks What does it take to be a CBO at today's colleges and universities? What news and updates do they need to know to stay current? Hear thought leaders and experts explore issues and topics about the CBO role and what's in store for the future in this award-winning, interview-style podcast series. Please subscribe to SA Voices from the Field on your favorite podcasting device and share the podcast with other student affairs colleagues!

Mr. Brailsford is co-founder and CEO of Brailsford & Dunlavey. He is nationally recognized for his innovation in the application of market and financial analysis to the programming and development of auxiliary facilities in higher education—such as student housing, campus unions, and recreation—as well as intercollegiate and professional sport facilities, and recreation and entertainment venues. He has provided planning and management services for hundreds of clients. Initially known for his unique quantitative approaches, over the years Mr. Brailsford shared his experiences and ideas in dozens of articles and workshops, and at national conferences and symposia including Society of College & University Planners, Harvard Graduate School of Design, National Association of College & University Business Officers, Athletic Business, National Intramural Recreational Sports Association, National Association of Collegiate Auxiliary Services, Association of College & University Housing Officers-International, and Council for Urban Economic Development. Today, Mr. Brailsford is focused on institutional strategy and operational efficiency for colleges and universities. He spends most of his time innovating, so the firm's methodology remains fresh. Still engaged in his work, though, and always dedicated to mentoring staff throughout the firm—including B&D's more senior advisors—Mr. Brailsford keeps his hand in about four to six projects at a time. He greatly enjoys working on the more complex, cutting-edge projects, and working with long-standing clients—including those who have been working with B&D for decades now.

In this episode of T.E.A. with Trasetta, I sit down with CPA and Owner of AMP Expert Solutions, LLC, Dr. Angela Moss Poole. She shares information about resources available to businesses, organizations and solopreneurs through the coronavirus stimulus package. Angela also give her expert advice for how to navigate financially in these uncertain times as well as what individuals should do with their expected stimulus checks. Additionally, we got into conversation surrounding the signs of the times and what that means to us as followers of Christ. Guest Bio: For the past 20 years, Dr. Angela Poole has been the owner of AMP Expert Solutions, LLC, a successful accounting and consulting firm. Angela is a seasoned consultant and executive who has led organizations through tumultuous periods of leadership transition and financial turnaround. She implements plans for fiscal stabilization to manage expenses, grow revenues, and reduce debt. Working collaboratively, she is an authentic leader who leads through change management. Mrs. Poole began her professional career with Arthur Andersen and brings more than 20 years of combined professional experience in higher education administration, not-for-profit leadership, accounting, consulting, systems implementation, and has also worked at senior levels with professional consulting firms, medical centers, local municipalities and state agencies. Mrs. Poole earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Leadership from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU), a Master of Accountancy degree from Florida State University, and a Bachelor of Science degree with dual majors in Accounting and Business Administration from the School of Business and Industry at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. She has been a licensed Florida Certified Public Accountant since 1999. Angela is also a certified Business Process Reengineering and Strategic Planning Practitioner and a trained Design Think facilitator. She also completed a graduate certificate program in Institutional Effectiveness from the State University System of New York (SUNY). Dr. Poole’s research interests include: education finance, financial literacy, and leadership in not for profit organizations. Mrs. Poole’s current and past involvement in professional and civic organizations includes: Founding President of The Foundation for Wealth Building, former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Tallahassee Christian College and Training Center, former member of FICPA Board of Governors, Audit and Finance Committee of the ORACLE Alliance Higher Education User Group, former Audit Committee of the City of Tallahassee, Lifetime member of the FICPA Educational Foundation, the National Association of College and University Business Officers and Lifetime member of the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University National Alumni Association. A published author and award-winning songwriter, Angela is also a sought-after conference speaker and trainer. Angela has been married to her high school sweetheart, Corey Poole for 24 years. Together they have a son, Michael, a senior, business administration and marketing major at FAMU. Recommended Resources: Battlefield of the Mind - Joyce Meyer SBA Disaster Relief Ways to Connect: drangelapoole.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrAngelaPoole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/angelamosspoole/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/trasetta-alexander/support

Today brings us a new conversation with one of our favorite return guests. Ruth Johnston serves as Vice Chancellor for Planning & Administration for University of Washington Bothell and is a leader in organizational excellence in higher education. What's more, she's third vice president on the WACUBO board of directors, helping the organization bring a vibrant curriculum to business officers in the excellence space. She joins Howard this week for a conversation in building collaboration between Business and Academic Officers along with useful tips to deal with overwhelm in the workplace, something we all struggle with.  Ruth also gives us a preview of things to come at the WACUBO Annual Conference in Vancouver on May 5-8, 2019. Check out the links in the show notes for more information or visit www.wacubo.org to learn more. About Ruth Johnston Ruth Johnston serves as Vice Chancellor for University of Washington Bothell Planning & Administration and provides leadership for administrative, financial, facilities and human resource operations. Dr. Johnston is a longtime University leader, with 37 years of experience in areas including housing and food services, continuing education, human resources, financial management, finance and facilities, and student fiscal services. She most recently served as Associate Vice President and Chief of Staff for the UW Planning & Management, with responsibility for units including organizational excellence, UW Sustainability and the business diversity program. Dr. Johnston holds a doctorate in organizational development and higher education, a master’s degree in human relations and a bachelor’s in counseling psychology. Ruth serves as second Vice President on the Western Association of College & University Business Officers board of directors. She also teaches a variety of classes and workshops, and consults with higher education institutions and associations and some federal agencies. Links & Notes Learn more about Ruth Johnston Register for the WACUBO Annual Conference 2019 in Vancouver, BC — May 5-8, 2019

On this episode, Katie is joined by Bryan Alexander, an internationally known futurist, researcher, writer, speaker, consultant, and teacher, working in the field of how technology transforms education. He completed his English language and literature PhD at the University of Michigan in 1997, then taught literature, writing, multimedia, and information technology studies at Centenary College of Louisiana. From 2002 to 2014 Bryan worked with the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE), a non-profit working to help small colleges and universities best integrate digital technologies. In 2013 Bryan launched a business, Bryan Alexander Consulting, LLC. Through BAC he consults throughout higher education in the United States and abroad. Bryan also speaks widely and publishes frequently, with articles appearing in venues including The Atlantic Monthly, Inside Higher Ed. He has been interviewed by and featured in MSNBC, US News and World Report, National Public Radio, the Chronicle of Higher Education, the National Association of College and University Business Officers, Pew Research, Campus Technology, and the Connected Learning Alliance. He is currently writing Transforming the University in the Twenty-First Century: The Next Generation of Higher Education for Johns Hopkins University Press (forthcoming 2019). His two most recent books are Gearing Up For Learning Beyond K-12 and The New Digital Storytelling (second edition) .   Segment 1: Working as an Independent Researcher [00:00-20:13] In this first segment, Brian shares about how he came to work as an independent researcher. Segment 2: Research on the Future of Higher Education [20:14-34:41] In segment two, Brian describes his research as a futurist. Bonus Clip #1 [00:00-09:57]: Researching an as Alternative Academic Bonus Clip #2 [00:00-03:44]: Dealing with Loneliness as an Independent Researcher To share feedback about this podcast episode, ask questions that could be featured in a future episode, or to share research-related resources, contact the “Research in Action” podcast: Twitter: @RIA_podcast or #RIA_podcast Email: riapodcast@oregonstate.edu Voicemail: 541-737-1111 If you listen to the podcast via iTunes, please consider leaving us a review. The views expressed by guests on the Research in Action podcast do not necessarily represent the views of Ecampus or Oregon State University.

Today’s episode is going to be the final one of our Colleges in the Spotlight series because next week we are really getting down to the serious work of getting our rising high school seniors ready to apply to colleges. So, as we leave Colleges in the Spotlight, we want to take a look at a news story that might just be bringing good news to some of you. The story, which ran in The Hechinger Report and in The Washington Post at the end of June, was entitled “Universities and colleges struggle to stem big drops in enrollment.” Really, I said to myself. That could be great news for kids applying to colleges this fall. Today’s episode will look at the national facts and figures of this new trend. Plus we will look at Ohio Wesleyan University--in today’s spotlight--a good small liberal arts college in Delaware, Ohio. Ohio Wesleyan enrolls about 1,700 undergraduate students and boasts an attractive 10-to-1 student-to-faculty ratio. In the interest of full disclosure, my sister-in-law graduated from Ohio Wesleyan “some years ago” (that means more than 40 years ago) and, by all accounts, thoroughly enjoyed her time there. And one final reminder: Don’t forget to get a copy of our new book, How To Explore Your College Options: A Workbook for High School Students--available at amazon.com. Quick and cheap! Your teenager is going to need it this summer when he or she might have some time to kill. We will tell you more when we get serious next week, so stay tuned. 1. The Facts and Figures on Enrollment Decline Here are some of the facts and figures presented by Jon Marcus in The Hechinger Report article: According to the National Student Clearinghouse, college enrollment has declined for five years in a row. This year, there are 81,000 fewer U.S. high school graduates going off to college, which is a direct result of a decline in birth rate (particularly in the Northeast and Midwest). Just over 18 million students were enrolled in colleges nationwide last spring--2.4 million fewer students than were enrolled in the fall of 2011, which was the most recent high point for college enrollment. I am going to say that over 2 million students is a lot of students to lose. According to a survey by the National Association of College and University Business Officers, 58 percent of chief business officers said their institutions had seen a drop in undergraduate enrollment since 2013. (Although 58 percent is certainly the majority of colleges, it doesn’t mean that the statement is true for the most selective colleges--where it is likely not true, just to keep things in perspective.) According to the National Association for College Admissions Counseling, over 400 colleges still had fall semester spots for freshmen and transfer students as of May 1. (Again, that doesn’t mean those 400 included the most selective colleges, but 400 is still a lot of colleges and every U.S. high school graduate does not, of course, attend a most selective college.) What does the future hold? When will it all change? Not until 2023, according to the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE). Here is what The Hechinger Report article says about what will then be a “slow recovery”: When it comes, [the recovery] will be [composed] largely of low-income, first-generation-in-college racial and ethnic minorities. These are the kinds of students institutions have generally proven poor at enrolling, and who will arrive with a far greater need for financial aid and expensive support. (quoted from the website) So, colleges might not have an easy time of it as they work to stem the decline and turn enrollment around--not that many high school seniors and their families are going to be overly sympathetic about that. Can this information work in favor of kids applying to colleges in the next few years? Before we consider what it all means, let’s look at the Ohio Wesleyan case study, presented in The Hechinger Report article. 2. The Story of Ohio Wesleyan Hit with a decline in Ohio high school graduates, a prime recruiting ground for Ohio Wesleyan, the University took and is taking a number of steps to boost its enrollment, based on data that it looked at both from admitted students who decided to enroll and admitted students who decided not to enroll. Here are some of those steps: Because the drop in male students was greater than the drop in female students, Ohio Wesleyan is adding two sports (and a marching band) to try to attract more male students. Because students said they wanted more internship and more study abroad opportunities, both internships and short-term study abroad programs are being expanded. Because new sources of students needed to be found, Ohio Wesleyan admissions staff members have been recruiting locally (in Cleveland), regionally (in Chicago), and much farther afield (in China, India, and Pakistan). In addition, the transfer process has been simplified so that students wanting to transfer into Ohio Wesleyan can do so more easily. Because some undergraduates are concerned about where they will be going next for graduate study (Ohio Wesleyan enrolls undergrads only), articulation agreements with Carnegie-Mellon University and with a medical school have just been drawn up to make the transition from undergraduate to graduate study more straightforward--in at least those cases. Because money is always an issue for students and their families, Ohio Wesleyan has budgeted more money for financial aid. In addition, “the University is considering freezing, lowering or slowing the rate of increase of its tuition and fees, which are now $44,690” (quoted from the article). Because students are concerned about their futures, Ohio Wesleyan has been studying labor data and creating new majors in fields of high demand, including majors in data analytics and computational neuroscience. Ohio Wesleyan president Rock Jones was quoted in The Hechinger Report article as saying this: “We live in a really consumer-driven society, and to be honest a college is an investment. Families are much more discerning, and they approach it as consumers. That’s a cultural shift to which the campus has to respond.” One of my favorite anecdotes from The Hechinger Report article is this one (and I think this will be particularly enjoyable for anyone who has friends who teach in colleges and who hear about the politics of higher education from those friends): One of the greatest challenges, as at other places, has been to get buy-in from the faculty, who have to approve new academic offerings. Ohio Wesleyan invited faculty on the curriculum committee to meet with the financial-aid committee, giving them a sense of how serious the problems were and asking them for help in coming up with majors that might attract more students. This doesn’t always work. One faculty member suggested a new major in sacred music, for example. “Some faculty have a very clear understanding of the issues,” [President] Jones said wryly. “Others, less so.” (quoted from the article) 3. More About Money For those of you particularly concerned about financing a college education for your teenager (and who isn’t), consider this new statistic: Small private, nonprofit colleges and universities this year gave back, in the form of financial aid, an average of 51 cents of every dollar they collected from tuition. That’s up from an average of 38 cents a decade ago. . . . (quoted from the article) I guess that is good news for students and their families, but perhaps bad news for colleges that continue to try to make ends meet. Of course, there also has to be a point here when most colleges cannot give back almost everything they take in and still remain viable. And while we could tell you stories of small private colleges cutting their tuition and, as a result, gaining additional students, here is one public flagship university story that could also prove valuable to some of you: The University of Maine, in a state whose number of high school grads has fallen 9 percent since 2011, offered admission to students from elsewhere at the same in-state price they would have paid to attend their home flagships; that has attracted more than 1,000 new students for the semester that begins this fall, from all of the other New England states plus California, Illinois, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. (quoted from the article) We have talked about these kinds of arrangements with public universities in previous USACollegeChat episodes and in our most recent book, where we mention that some public universities provide generous discounts to students from contiguous states or to students in the region. The University of Maine seems to have found a way to expand that idea nationwide and win more students as a result. 4. What’s It All Mean for You? So, what does all this mean for you and your own teenager? Well, let’s start with what it doesn’t mean. It doesn’t mean that your kid’s chances of getting into an Ivy League school or any other top-tier college are any better now than they were before you listened to this episode. Whatever happens to the number of high school students in the U.S. and no matter what the decline is in the number of high school graduates statewide in your state or nationwide, our nation’s most selective colleges are not going to feel the pinch. That is just our opinion, but it is probably right. It is also likely true that the top public flagship universities are not going to feel the pinch, either--like the University of Virginia, the University of Michigan, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of California, Berkeley, and another five or 10 more. Why? Because those top flagships attract students from across the nation, and there will always be enough students with good enough grades to fill the best public universities. But here is the good news. Your teenager might have a better chance now of getting into a good small private college--and there are plenty of those. If you have a super-smart kid, such a college could serve as a great safety school. If you have a kid with good, but not outstanding, grades and test scores, such a college could become a likely match rather than a reach school. We have said for some time at USACollegeChat that our public flagship universities are the hidden jewels of our higher education system. And we are not taking that back. But now maybe we should add that good small private colleges might be the hidden jewels of our higher education system precisely because they will give you a better bang for your buck than you originally thought. Let’s keep that in mind next week as we move to the serious search for colleges for your teenager. Find our books on Amazon! How To Find the Right College: A Workbook for Parents of High School Students (available as a Kindle ebook and in paperback) How To Explore Your College Options: A Workbook for High School Students (available in paperback) Ask your questions or share your feedback by... 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In just a few weeks, the Western Association of College and University Business Officers 2016 Annual Conference is set to convene in San Francisco, California. The program is full of incredible speakers and events kicking off Sunday, April 24 with a Keynote by former Secretary of State Dr. Condoleezza Rice, and a catalog of university presidents and business officers who are leading the charge for change in their institutions. You can find out more about the conference at wacubo.org.  Ruth Johnston is Associate Vice President at University of Washington. As such, she serves as Chief of Staff for Planning & Management, and leads and facilitates UW's Organizational Excellence, working across the university leading and facilitating strategic planning, process improvements, developing future leaders, measuring performance, and helping to manage change. That background makes Ruth the perfect person to join us for this conversation.  Howard Teibel and Ruth Johnston are among the speakers at this year’s WACUBO annual conference. They’ll be presenting “Cultivating Organizational Excellence” together day one, April 24th at 2pm, leading a conversation around organizational maturity, defining organizational health, and uncovering how you support yourself and others through organizational change. So mark your calendars, and we’ll see you in San Francisco.

Back for day two at the NACUBO Annual Meeting. This week on the “Student Housing Matters” podcast, we packed up our microphones and headed to the National Association of College and University Business Officers (or NACUBO) Annual meeting in Seattle, Washington, to talk to some of the leaders and big thinkers in the higher ed community.  Throughout this week we’ll be posting a few short interviews from the conference each day.  We’ll talk about things  ranging from specific topics going on at the conference to current trends in the higher education world from all different perspectives.  So check back every day for new content.

This week on the “Student Housing Matters” podcast, we packed up our microphones and headed to the National Association of College and University Business Officers (or NACUBO) Annual meeting in Seattle, Washington, to talk to some of the leaders and big thinkers in the higher ed community.  Throughout this week we’ll be posting a few short interviews from the conference each day.  We’ll talk about things  ranging from specific topics going on at the conference to current trends in the higher education world from all different perspectives.  So check back every day for new content. Here are some of the highlights from Sunday, July 20

We’re preparing for the EACUBO 2014 Annual Workshop in just a few weeks, and to help us out, we’re joined by guest Roger Stackpoole, Vice President of Finance & Administration at Le Moyne College. Roger and Howard Teibel will be presenting “Reaching Across the Aisle — CFO and CAO Strategic Partnership,” in which they offer insights and observations on cultivating a spirit of collaboration and cooperation between academic and business leadership. This week on the show, Howard and Roger set the stage for their presentation with a discussion on building trust through transparency, shifting responsibility in building a healthy and financially sustainable organization, and cultivating a shared commitment to delivering the mission of the institution. We invite you to listen to the show this week, and to begin to craft your questions and comments as Roger and Howard lead what promises to be an exciting, challenging, and participatory presentation in Philadelphia. _About Roger Stackpoole_Roger is Vice President of Finance & Administration and Treasurer at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, NY. He is a driving force behind sustainability initiatives and strategic planning at Le Moyne College, and is past president of the Eastern Association of College and University Business Officers. Learn more about Roger at LeMoyne.edu.

Monica Dillingham is one of the few Black female Chief Technology Officers (CTO) who is accustomed to standing out in executive meetings at the National Association of College and University Business Officers. Now, she finds herself advocating for and promoting tech careers to women of color. In this episode, Monica shares what it takes to serve as the highest technology executive at her organization and how her West Indian roots prepared her to handle the challenges faced by Black women in tech. You don't want to miss this episode. Listen and share this story of tenacity.