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Why is it difficult for higher ed to “right size” or “step-down” resources to maintain long-term financial stability? 

April 28, 2025 by FuturED Content Team

The picture is of a building on a college campus to represent financial stability at universities.

Historically, universities have not worried as much about financial stability. They’ve always have a glut of students. They’re worrying now.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: cost restructuring, finance transformation, financial sustainability

How often do you walk around campus and attend student events?

March 31, 2025 by FuturED Content Team

The picture is an AI-generated rendering of a college campus.

If we in finance are not walking around campus, engaging with students, faculty, and staff, we cannot appreciate where to invest and when.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: campus, problem solving

Are you smarter than AI?

March 31, 2025 by FuturED Content Team

The picture shows a robot holding an open book in the middle of a library to represent AI.

Some believe AI is capable of critical and creative thought. I am not convinced, so I used AI in my classroom and business to find out. 

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: AI, artificial intelligence

2025 Predictions for Higher Ed Finance Priorities

February 14, 2025 by FuturED Content Team

The picture shows a viewer looking ahead to represent predictions on priorities for 2025.

How do recent events in higher education finance shape the priorities of finance departments for the coming year?

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: 2025 predictions, automation, cost restructuring, financial modeling

Shift the Conversation to ROI

February 14, 2025 by FuturED Content Team

The picture shows a car's gearshift to represent the shift in conversation to ROI.

Recently, I have realized the importance of shifting finance conversations away from cost and toward ROI, both tangible and intangible.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: financial sustainability, higher ed, ROI

Use Your Institution’s Data and Lessons Learned to Tell a Story             

January 3, 2025 by FuturED Content Team

The picture shows a person presenting data to a small group of people at a conference table.

Presidents and provosts must share data differently to communicate the financial strategy of the institution with the faculty and staff.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: communication, cost restructuring, data, higher ed

To Tenure or Not To Tenure; That Is the Question

January 3, 2025 by FuturED Content Team

The picture shows a diverging wooden path to represent the to tenure or not to tenure choice.

What is the “right mix” of classes taught by adjuncts vs full time instructors (with tenure and without tenure)?

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: adjunct instructors, finance transformation, tenure

What Tools Do You Need to Examine the Financial Condition of Your Institution?

December 19, 2024 by FuturED Content Team

The picture shows a wall of tools to represent the tools institutions need to examine their financial condition.

Presidents and provosts often ask about how to maintain the financial condition and sustainability of their institutions.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: financial condition, turnaround

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