Professor & department head, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. I study higher ed finance, accountability, and financial aid. Washington Monthly rankings data editor. Dad, gardener, and baker. Personal account.
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Robert Kelchen
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New working paper finds that tightening access to Parent PLUS loans from 2012-15 particularly affected HBCUs, which reduced spending on instruction and student services, coinciding with declines in retention and graduation rates
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I was Today Years Old when, searching for furniture for the office, I found that some institutions actually have chairs made for their endowed chairs. Like, WHY DIDN'T YA'LL TELL ME ABOUT THIS!?
My attempt to make sense of the last couple of months of global higher education news. America committing self-sabotage, Europe creaking along, Central America outgrowing its financing and govenance arrangements, and more.
Just a friendly reminder that theology is classified as a "professional" program by ED. And education programs have better debt-to-earnings outcomes than several other professional fields.
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This is quite a passage in a piece diving deep into the University of Florida, whose board is set to vote on a new president today (and a positive vote is not guaranteed).
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That's my blog post out in the wild!
Good morning from the 7 train.
Here's my receipt for earnings data by program.
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There are billboards on Missouri interstates advertising the Imagination Library with Dolly's face. The state's budget is in rough shape, but this cut is more visible than many others.
In a surprise to nobody, a local judge in Texas set a trial date to permanently resolve the case regarding the gambling Texas Tech quarterback's eligibility to be after football season ends.
The Big 12's actions against Texas Tech will be the most interesting thing in college football this fall.
This skeet will self destruct
Robert Kelchen
Federal student loan policy is designed as a uniform intervention, yet institutions differ in their reliance on specific sources of financing. We study how these differences shape the transmission of ...
Q2 isn’t quite over, but since tomorrow is the last blog of the academic year, today is the day to review what’s been happening globally over the last couple of months in a self-imposed 1200-word limi...
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“Missouri Republicans are taking an ax to Dolly Parton’s signature initiative.
The state’s decision to freeze enrollment in Parton’s Imagination Library, which offers free books to kids, comes at a perilous time for children’s literacy.”
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Drexel University says fall enrollment is up 16 percent, the University of Maryland lays off 84 workers, and Alamo Colleges District faces a $28-million shortfall.
The state’s decision to freeze enrollment in Parton’s Imagination Library, which offers free books to kids, comes at a perilous time for children’s literacy.
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Negotiated rulemaking, in which the federal government convenes representatives of affected parties before implementing major policy changes, is one of the wonkier topics in higher education. (I ca…
