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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for May 5, 2025
Here are some of the stories I cover on the May 5th TWICV.1. Limestone University holds graduation after faculty votes to ban President, VP, Board of Trustees. A...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Apr 28, 2025
It looks like it is accreditor justification week at College Viability. Many of the stories in this week's podcast deal with the chronic inability of accrediting agen...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) Special Eric Kelderman from The Chronicle of Higher Education: "‘We Have More Athletes Than We Have Fans’"
Eric Kelderman is a Senior Writer for The Chronicle of Higher Education.Our podcast topic is based on Eric's March 2025 article entitled: ‘We Have More Athletes Than ...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Apr 21, 2025
Springtime in higher education is bringing more and more stories of individual college financial trauma and industry-wide trends that almost always are negative.+ Lime...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Apr 14 2025
There is much to catch up on in this week's podcast episode.Highlights include: + Two Mass. colleges in financial ‘danger,’ accreditation agency finds – Belatedly so.+...
The Real Story Behind College Closures - Requiem for a College - 2nd edition (April 2025)
Jonathan Nichols self-published the first edition of Requiem for a College in 2022.Here is the Amazon description of the book from 2022.On February 3rd, 2017, Saint Jo...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Apr 7, 2025
Here are the big headlines for This Week in College Viability.+ Free-Falls: Stocks and Colleges+ Do strategic alliances yield significant financial results?+ 2 college...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) For March 31, 2025
I saw the value of the college experience up close this past weekend. I attended a fundraising benefit for a local private college. 20 college athletes. (still stu...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for March 17, 2025
Best wishes to all of my Irish friends on this St. Patrick’s day 2025. I looks like the jacket I am wearing is green. So, I should be good to go.An ugly weather week...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for March 10, 2025
The lead this week is how do college athletics tie into Higher Education finances? Other news and commentary stories on: + University of Dayton cutting 65 faculty and...
TWICV special with Matt Hendricks from Perspective Data Science
Listen to the fascinating history behind the development of Dr. Matt Hendrick's Perspective Data Science (PDS) and its two major higher education financial comparison ...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for March 3, 2025
Springtime is close. Spring training is underway in Florida and Arizona.Let’s do our own spring training and look at these stories.+ 2 public colleges TSU and Penn St...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) Special Episode: No Confidence - When College Faculty Turn Against Their Presidents',
It is universally acknowledged that higher education is faced with a multitude of challenges. The working relationships between college faculty and their president is...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Feb 17, 2025
In this episode of College Viability News, I discuss the growing concerns among college faculty regarding financial health and enrollment trends. I also share concerns...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Feb 10, 2025
The second Trump administration has given Higher Education a lot more than finances to worry about in the past few weeks. But, have no fear, I will continue to stay f...
Special TWICV: 'Bankrupt U' - The Book: with Bill Quain and Joe Corabi
From the Amazon book description:Bankrupt U – Students, Parents and Alumni Are Going Broke, & Colleges Don’t Give a C.R.A.P.is the ultimate insiders’ guide to college....
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Feb 3, 2025
I had my annual summit with a good Higher Education friend last week. He was one of my first virtual-only connections and always brings valuable perspective for me. ...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Jan 27, 2025
Here are the lead news and commentary stories for January 27th+ Big cuts at Sonoma State - including all athletics+ Which media outlet might also be a college PR firm?...