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Stuart, Reginald – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2012
When officials at tuition-driven Fisk University raised the veil of secrecy a few years ago surrounding the university's financial condition, the details they laid out were less than encouraging. The Nashville-based university, home of the historic Jubilee Singers, was losing several million dollars a year and had not received any major private…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Financial Support, Institutional Survival, Financial Problems
Stuart, Reginald – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2012
When college officials across the country talk about their final tally of Fall 2012 enrollment, the discussions produce assessments that are all over the map. Some institutions, like Hampton University, are pleased to see their enrollment declining. Others, like Florida A&M University, are wondering how they are going to make up for revenue…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Enrollment Influences, Enrollment, Enrollment Management
Boulard, Garry – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2011
The tuition increase at the University of Florida--one of 11 public universities in Florida to win the approval of the state's Board of Governors to tack a "tuition differential" of 7 percent onto an 8 percent increase already approved by the state legislature--comes in response to an unprecedented reduction of some $340 million in state…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Tuition, State Colleges, State Aid
Lum, Lydia – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2011
Recent law school graduates face the tightest job market in years. Amid lingering industrywide uncertainties, officials at some law schools are scrambling to ensure that underrepresented minorities get jobs, especially law schools not customarily tapped by the country's largest law firms. In some of the more striking measures, a dean will troop…
Descriptors: Law Schools, Labor Market, College Graduates, Statistical Data
Lum, Lydia – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2009
University presses are more likely to give voice to stories that might not otherwise be told, such as those involving minority perspectives. But opportunities are shrinking. As extensions of their parent schools, academic presses rarely reap profits, experts say. Many rely on school subsidies to survive. Factor in substantial budget cuts to…
Descriptors: University Presses, Higher Education, Budgeting, Retrenchment