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This Week in College Viability (TWICV) SPECIAL EDITION- Larenda Mielke from KaufmanHall
Larenda Mielke Senior Vice President, Higher Education at Kaufman HallShe has extensive leadership experience in higher education in the areas of strategy, curriculum ...
This Week in College Viability for Jan 29, 2024
For the week of January 29, 2024:More officials leave Fontbonne and Webster Universities amid enrollment troublesCollege enrollment picks up for the first time in over...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for January 22, 2024
Here is the news and commentary we have for the January 22, 2024 episode of 'This Week in College Viability'.1. Cutbacks and layoffs2. Birmingham southern makes ...
This Week in College Viability Special - with Ann Rutledge Jan 18, 2024
What impact do bonds have on colleges? Will bonds be a factor in college closures? Mergers and consolidations?Do rating services like S&P and Moody's impact most col...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for January 15, 2024
It is a really cold week across these United States, and the news from higher education is doing nothing to warm us up. Welcome. I am gs. TWICV for January 15 2024A...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for January 8, 2024
It’s a new year full of similar stories from 2023. I am not going to say 2024 will be exciting. That is trite. I will say that the college news and commentary I pro...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for December 26, 2023
Many thanks to the increasing number of folks listening to and downloading the podcast. I am grateful.Here are the stories and commentary for the final 2023 'This Week...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Dec 18 2023
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) where we look out for the best interests of faculty, staff, students, their families and others in higher education. The Decembe...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) - Special Episode: Dr. Brian Rosenberg, author: 'Whatever it is, I don't like it'. Dec 13, 2023
Dr. Brian Rosenberg is my guest today. His recent book: Whatever it is, I don’t like it, is fascinating in many ways. The 7 chapters are exquisitely balanced and lo...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for December 11, 2023
It is 2 weeks before Christmas and there is no change in the news coming out of higher education. The news continues to be less than merry and bright for many, many c...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Dec 7, 2023 - Chuck Ambrose 'Colleges on the Brink'
Dr. Chuck Ambrose, co-author with Michael Nietzel of 'Colleges on the Brink" is a formidable college leader. He shares his perspective on decades in higher education ...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for December 4, 2023
In this week's episode of This Week, the College of St. Rose - some extensive coverage of the closure and the reactions associated with that. Our regular cutbacks and...
Special TWICV: The Closing of a College - The College of St. Rose (NY)
Jon Nichols, author of 'Requiem for a College' (2022) joins me in this first special This Week in College Viability (TWICV) podcast - The Closing of a College - The Co...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for November 27, 2023
This week we have still more cutback and layoff announcements. 2 interesting cutback and layoff stories from Mark Oprea at the Cleveland Scene Tuition deals that won’...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for November 20, 2023 - The trends contineu
Today’s podcast includes: does a high tuition price indicate a high quality college?, ugly enrollment increase announcements, Lyon College (AR) wants to build a vet sc...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) - Special Edition: The role of bond holders & Lake Erie College
An inside look at how I put a podcast together. . . . . . . Special Edition Podcast of TWICV.This Small College Was Out of Options. Will Its Creditors Give It a Break?...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Nov. 13, 2023 Grad rate teases, marketing or gimics?, Leadership 'atta-boys'
We talk about the deplorable state of graduation rates in American Colleges.My friend, Kate Colbert offers these analogies:"Buy this car. There's a 50% chance it won't...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for November 9, 2022 - Why families need a college viability counselor
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for November 6, 2023 - BSC, Fitch ratings, too many computer science students and more
November 6 TWICV Gary Stocker - your host and college quality assurance coach. Providing a perspective on the financial health and viability of colleges in the U.S. ...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) Dr. Jim Brasfield on Webster University (MO)
This is a special episode today our guest is Dr. James Brasfield a retired faculty and retired community leader in the St. Louis region.Jim has been involved with Webs...
The College Viability Manifesto
I spend a lot of time espousing the weaknesses of colleges and justifiably so. But today I wanna share something I published about a year ago. It is my College Viabili...
TWICV for October 30, 2023
This is a two-fer day. My podcast software ate my recording from October 23rd. So I have already re-done that one. Whether the error was user-related or not remains...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for October 23, 2023
On our list of colleges to cover today is: Lesley University, Virginia universities, Clarkson University, student reactions to closing of UWM Washington County, Avill...
How to get the most out of college - Elliot Felix
Elliot Felix founded and leads brightspot a strategy consultancy on a mission to transform the higher education experience and to increase student success. His book H...
4 Financial Health & Viability Questions to ask college reps
Here is a simple list of 4 questions to ask colleges that will allow for a better assessment of their financial health and viability.1. Has your FTE enrollment increas...
Dr. Ricardo Azziz discusses the new DOE M&A rules and their impact on colleges
This episode is with Dr. Ricardo Aziz. He actually wrote the book on college mergers and acquisitions, and we're going to use his expertise today. He has over 25 years...
This Week in College Viability (TWICV) for October 16, 2023
IN this episode, we verbally travel from the east coast to the midwest to chronicle the financial health and viability saga of private colleges. Get your link to the 2...