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This Week In College Viability (TWICV)

Welcome to the podcast. We call it TWICV. It is our effort to provide a fast-paced, entertaining, and alternative voice to the propaganda and hype flowing out of colleges in America today. This week in College Viability is a proud affilate of The EdUP Experience podcast network.

  1. This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for January 6, 2024

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    This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for January 6, 2024

    Summary In this episode of 'This Week in College Viability,' Gary Stocker discusses the current challenges facing higher education, including leadership changes at Guilford College, the merger of Gannon and Ursuline, and the implications of declining enrollment numbers. He emphasizes the need for financial transparency in colleges and explores the potential for class action suits to hold educational institutions accountable. The conversation also touches on the return on investment for students, the impact of career technical education programs, and the ethical concerns surrounding Pell churning. Stocker concludes with a critical view of the state of higher education and the necessity for reform. Takeaways Guilford College is facing significant financial challenges leading to leadership changes.Mergers like Gannon and Ursuline reflect the ongoing consolidation in higher education.Financial value transparency is crucial for students to make informed decisions.Class action suits may emerge as a means to hold educational institutions accountable.Return on investment varies significantly between colleges, with some elite schools underperforming.Career technical education programs are gaining popularity among Gen Z as viable alternatives to traditional college.Pell churning raises ethical concerns about how colleges manage student enrollment and retention. Sound Bites "Class action suits could improve American education""Reputation is not as important as major""The only question is when closures will happen""Pell churning is an ethical concern""Colleges are not ivory towers of excellence"00:00 Introduction to Higher Education Challenges 01:27 Guilford College Leadership Changes 03:50 Mergers in Higher Education: Gannon and Ursuline 07:01 The Impact of Enrollment Declines 09:53 Financial Value Transparency in Education 11:45 Class Action Suits and Educational Accountability 15:35 Return on Investment in Higher Education 19:02 Tennessee State University: A Case Study 20:32 Competition from Career Technical Education Programs 23:23 Pell Churning: Ethical Concerns in Enrollment 26:18 Conclusion: The Future of Higher Education Show Notes and Links Guilford College President Steps Down Amid Financial ChallengesGannon, Ursuline closer to merging. How, when the schools hope to uniteClass dismissed: Colleges expected to close as enrollment numbers tank The One Biden Education Policy Trump Should Keep Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education's Knocking at the College Door report Pick a college and graduate.  High-cost schools don't pay.  Earning a degree does. It's been a long year for TSU. 2025 will prove crucial for the school. Alcino Donadel - 2025 prediction on career technical education

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  2. This Week In College Viability (TWICV) with Special Guest: Sarah Clark

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    This Week In College Viability (TWICV) with Special Guest: Sarah Clark

    The Kind Leadership Guild is a community for educational leaders striving to become more effective and humane with themselves, their team, and the people they serve, including a vibrant Facebook community, regular free zoom workshops, group coaching with fellow leaders, and more. Join me as Sarah Clark discusses higher education job loss, accreditation processes, and her Kind Leadership Guild.

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  3. This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for December 23, 2024

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    This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for December 23, 2024

    This is the final show for 2024.  I will be away with family next Monday. Here is some of what I have for this week's podcasts. + College viability is an alternative media source for higher education. + The College of St. Rose sells everything and still can't pay off creditors.+ Spin. Spin. Spin at University of Arkansas Little Rock.+ Too many colleges?  A Middle States commissioner says: "No".+ Another 'waiting too long' story at American Catholic University More Show NotesColumbia College Chicago to discontinue several degree programs, lay off faculty members‘We want stability’: Columbia College Chicago students and faculty consider options amid program cuts, impending layoffsMassive College Closures Remains A Misunderstood MythMost OU freshmen are not Oklahomans

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  4. This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for December 16, 2024

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    This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for December 16, 2024

    I have a big announcement to start off today’s show. After reading, listening and watching the traditional higher education media, I have realized that is not me.  I don’t do cookbook stories on how to fix higher education on the margins.  I don’t engage in trite college stories about ‘awesome’ or ‘excited’ events or personalities. It is time for me to step forward and share that I am your Self-appointed ‘alternative higher education media source’   Giggle if you will.  Roll your eyes if you must.  My operating premise (right or wrong) has been that Higher Education is in the midst of an economic model adjustment that will inevitably result in consolidation – in the form of continuing closures and increased merger activity. I try to be polite.  Some have called me somewhat bombastic.  I can live with that. I do offer ‘sarcasm alerts’  I have interest in engaging in collegial discussions with those who have other thoughts. I have also had too many say: “Gary, keep doing what you are doing”.  To those, I thank you. This podcast and the other media that I do will continue to lovingly poke the current Higher Education bear in a never-ending attempt to do my small part to move the industry past its historical model and toward one that recognizes the Higher Education industry financial needs  fewer colleges Show Notes:Drexel U. lays off 60 staffers due to enrollment drop, ‘flawed’ FAFSA rolloutPortland State to lay off 17 faculty members; union says more layoffs could be comingSF State faculty mourn upcoming layoffs in New Orleans-style funeral marchIntel ruled tech. Now it’s in deep trouble Higher Ed’s Governance problem      See how many colleges may close after 2029 A Reimagined Jewell (College) Emporia State University president faults tech college for competition, envisions hostile takeover Iowa private college officials confident in popularity, sustainability of increased financial aid When Gown Leaves Town

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  5. This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for December 9, 2024

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    This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for December 9, 2024

    This week's episode has some action in layoffs and cutbacks.  I thought we had an imminent closure, but Keystone College is still trying to ride out a nearly impossible financial situation with appeals of their accreditation removal.  Poor students. +  I have never used ‘fake news’ in this podcast before, but I have a story about college completion rates trending up that fits that categorization. + I have added a section on ‘College Drivel”  ‘to talk stupidly or carelessly’.  Prepare to nod your head in agreement. + Affluent White Students Are Skipping College, and No One Is Sure Why.   I know why. Show Notes UNO to consolidate colleges, lay off administrators to address $15M shortfallFaculty Push Back Against Staffing Cuts Recommended for State CollegesNo letup in financial pressure on colleges in 2025, Fitch says With $252 million in projected debt, Barnard makes cuts to faculty and staff benefitsCollege Completion Rates Trending Up2 Seattle Colleges Announce MergerAffluent White Students Are Skipping College, and No One Is Sure WhyDual Enrollment Is a Deceptive Fix for Declining AdmissionsOur Opinion: Keystone College deserving of time to prove viability

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  6. This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for December 2, 2024

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    This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for December 2, 2024

    News and commentary stories this week: + Webster University’s financial distress from HLC.  More of those designations coming? + Keystone college could lose their accreditation later this month. + Central State (OH)  makes major changes +  The Bell Tolls from Richard K. Vedder  James G Martin Center for Academic Renewal.  I will focus on graduation rates and poor financial health.

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  7. This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for November 25, 2024

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    This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for November 25, 2024

    There is much higher education news this 2024 Thanksgiving week. Headlines + Some layoffs and cutbacks this week + 2 stories that suggest college leaders may be moving more aggressively in their relationships with faculty + Anderson U Fitch rating heads south. + More ugly spin on a college with an unsustainable financial pattern + St. Augustine U sells off the farm to stay afloat Show Notes and links: As Fontbonne University winds down, its students leave to finish their studiesDrexel University lays off 60 employees in face of ‘structural imbalance’ in operating budgetSaint Augustine’s U., on the Brink of Fiscal Collapse, Enters a $30-Million Credit AgreementBoston U Suspends Admissions to Humanities and Social Science Ph.D. Programs Former TSU President Sets the Record Straight Fitch Revises Anderson University, IN's Outlook to Negative; Affirms IDR and Revs at 'B-' Accreditor confirms HLGU turnaround, removes university from probation

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  8. This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for November 18, 2024

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    This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for November 18, 2024

    It is the week before Thanksgiving and my prediction of the college closure rate picking up steam has not yet developed.  I still believe that there are scores of colleges out there without the resources to be viable.  My concern is now moving toward how many of these will wait too long and must announce their closure with very short notice to students, faculty, staff, and communities. Time will tell. For this economic imbalance to get to some sort of supply and demand equilibrium, many more colleges need to close.   So, this week’s news and commentary is heavy on that theme.  The stories are: Show note links: ·         Tennessee State University lays off 114 employees amid financial crisis ·         Harris Stowe and HLG stories both back on full accreditation. I have concerns with both. ·         Several St. Louis colleges make watchlist for financial risk             Let’s Regulate Colleges Like Businesses

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Welcome to the podcast. We call it TWICV. It is our effort to provide a fast-paced, entertaining, and alternative voice to the propaganda and hype flowing out of colleges in America today. This week in College Viability is a proud affilate of The EdUP Experience podcast network.

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