The effect on research grants will get a lot of coverage, but I think we could all use an expert reality check on another front before anxiety takes over. Given the freeze and review timeline announced in today's White House/OMB memos, what impact (if any) should we expect on federal financial aid?

Hey everyone! I have an upcoming job interview as an admin executive assistant for the VP of student affairs . I have five years of administrative assistant experience (three being at a University) and two years as a legal assistant (aka my current job; yes I know it's a pretty big change lol). I was wondering what sort of questions I should prepare myself for when it comes to interviewing for this type of job position. The Unviersity is a Public University and located in one of the largest cities in the U.S. if that information helps. Thanks everyone! :)

I work at a mid-sized college, and my small department has 10 full-time professors. I've been there for almost 10 years, yet three "senior" colleagues still want to dictate and direct conversations and decisions. I suddenly get the cold shoulder when I express something that might not align with what they say. It's very frustrating that I've almost reached the point where I don't want to speak up.

Another rant: During meetings, these "senior" colleagues will go into the painstaking history of how things were... every single time... (they don't know that a condensed version would be more appreciated than going on for 20-30 minutes at a time).. maybe some people like hearing themselves talk?

I have worked as an administrative assistant for 2 years now. While I enjoy working at the college and in higher education, I believe it is time for me to move on from my current position.

I have been considering applying to other jobs at my university. Something that will give me more interaction with students/prospective students and get me on my feet instead of sitting in a chair all day. I just need change.

I am strongly considering an admissions counselor job here, and am looking for advice on how to apply internally.

Should I tell my boss that I plan to apply? Should I not tell anyone until I get an interview and (hopefully) job offer? People like to gossip a lot in higher ed I noticed, so I am sure word would get out eventually. We are a pretty small college and I hear peoples business all the time.

I am trying to avoid as much awkwardness as possible, and want to be professional with all parties involved.

It would be embarrassing to tell everyone I am applying internally and then not get the job lol.

What do you recommend?

There seems to be a gray area for employees at faith-based denominational colleges, where some higher education institutions are required by the state to pay out unemployment insurance, and others are exempt due to being recognized as religious organizations.

The question is if they are primarily religious organizations (and therefore, exempt) or educational organizations. It seems like an incredibly devious loophole for these institutions to be exempt simply because they are faith-based, because they can layoff as many people as they like without the repercussions of unemployment insurance hanging over their heads.

If you are at a faith-based college or university, does your institution participate in your state's unemployment insurance program? Or are they exempt?

Thanks for your input.

Are students here? Nope.
Do I have any appointments or meetings? Negative.
I am able to catch up on a ton of back logged work.

How about you?

Hey everyone! I have a really exciting opportunity coming up next week—I’m flying from Arizona to Massachusetts for a second interview with a college. They’re bringing me out to meet with different people from the school and go through an in-person interview process.

I’ve worked in higher education before at the University of Arizona, but I’ve never been part of a campus visit or interview like this. If anyone has been on either side of this process, I’d love any advice, tips, or insights on what to expect.

Also, if anyone knows what flying me out might say about my chances of getting the job, I’d love to hear your thoughts. Could help put me in the right place mentally.

I’m really excited about this role and want to give it my best shot, so any guidance would be super helpful. Thanks in advance!

The President of Wesleyan makes a case for a non-profit that exposes some high school students with fewer resources to the college experience with the goal of having the students engage in the college experience. As laudable as the plan is, it is like putting a band-aid on a gaping wound. I’d like to see what this sub-reddit has to offer in terms of trying to address this “elite” problem for Amerca. I’ll start!

I’m a higher education finance person, and I often wondered about how to engage the “elites” in this conversation. The stock answer why they don’t do it is that their mission is not the broader education of all but it is the training of the best and the brightest. For good or bad, broader society is not buying that anymore, and I fear elite higher education may soon be facing a Henry VIII disbanding of the abbeys event. Maga is not exactly part of elite higher ed’s base. In fact, elite higher ed’s base is pretty darn narrow.

But how to engage elite higher ed? Tax them is a common refrain. Tax their net assets? Tax their financial resources? Tax their “earnings?” Tax their wealthy students? Make them pay local taxes? The world of non-profit taxes is a quagmire, and the impacts are hard to quantify besides “penalizing” them.

How about approaching it from a different direction along the lines of national service. if you get admitted to a college with more than $1 million in financial resources (not resources net of liabilities) you have to spend a year doing a service job: senior care, day care, tutor, etc. If you are of need, the college would subsidize you proportionately. After the year ends you start your elite education. This goes for undergraduate and graduate students. You want to be elite? Show us some service, and you get your elite tax payer subsidized education.

I’m sure there are a lot of other good ideas out there.

Hello,

I have been reading through some of the previous posts about higher ed and how there is any growth and peoples transitions out and now I am curious about if I should still consider working in higher ed. I am a current grad student in my finally year in my Higher Education Administration program and I don't know where to start. I graduated in 2021 with my BS in Computer Information Systems (pls don't ask how I ended up in education lol).I have approximately 3 years of teaching mathematics and 5 months of an IT Security intership I did when I graduated college. I am struggling to transition and unsure what positions I actually qualify for because of the small amount of experience I have. I would like to apply for Academic Advising but that would mean I would have to take a pay cut. Does anyone have any advice

Hi. I was wondering if anyone knew of any commercial or free software that does a reasonable job of assigning instructors to courses. We have outgrown our manual system of assigning courses to professors and the number of variables (competencies, schedule limitations, room limitations, course load limitations) is making the job staggering and time-consuming. I'm contemplating writing something but I would like to know if someone has already done this.

TIA.

New America is launching a Partners Council for the Accelerator for Community Colleges in the Innovation Economy.

This one-of-a-kind national network comprises leaders from membership associations representing higher education, industry, governors, mayors, local officials, workforce boards, K-12 policy leaders, community and economic development organizations, and science societies.

Accelerator Partners Council will provide guidance and assist New America in researching and disseminating replicable strategies that maximize partnerships between community colleges and their organization's membership.

https://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/edcentral/empowering-community-colleges-partnerships-for-economic-development-and-industrial-policy/

So I already have a master’s in strategic communications but I am more interested in marketing (it was a very PR/corporate and crisis comms heavy program). The university I work at gives employees free tuition. I’m wondering if I should do the higher education administration M.S. Ed. or an M.S. in marketing (a shorter program). This would be for fun, and if it eventually leads to a promotion or something that’d be cool but I’m not betting on it.

Also I do not do student-facing communications. The HEA program has a large student focus with some classes broad and relevant to my job, but the student focus would be boring for me.