Higher Education Leadership

The financial sustainability of private residential higher education is under siege, as revenue growth slows and costs continue to rise.

The breadth of initiatives led by the Hesburgh Award winners reveals the variety and complexity of higher education institutions.

Changes to faculty status may discourage new doctoral recipients from pursuing academic careers.

As market forces continue to reshape the higher education landscape, understanding the U.S. college presidency – and its inherent challenges and opportunities – is more important than ever.

The story of a generation drowning in debt is misleading for a number of reasons. This report looks at the landscape of student debt in the U.S. as well as trends and innovative approaches in private funding of higher education.

Over the past decade, foundations and other entities awarding higher education grants have shifted their focus toward programs that encourage student retention and graduation, particularly for low-income and first-generation college students.

Today’s student body represents a vast spectrum of backgrounds, values and beliefs—which presents a unique set of challenges for leaders striving to meet changing student needs.

Can a university’s characteristics be a better indicator of an endowment’s effectiveness than endowment size? 

Performance funding applies financial incentives to higher education, tying a portion of public institutions’ state appropriations to retention rate, degree completion and other student outcomes.