Current Topics in Higher Education

Presentation from Tim Powers, Vice President for Government Relations and Policy Development at NAICU.

• Trends and Issues in Independent Higher Education

Readings 

• Faust, Drew. “U.S. Higher Education is Endangered.” Boston Globe, May 23, 2024
• Rosenberg, Brian. “Higher Ed’s Ruinous Resistance to Change,” Chronicle of Higher Education, September 25, 2023 

Required Reading:

• Chapter on Finance by Brian C. Mitchell and W. Joseph King

Additional Background Reading:

• Bryn Mawr College Financial Statements
• What is an Endowment for a College?
• Understanding Endowments: Types and Policies That Govern Them
• Additional Information

Required Readings:

• Chapter on Shared Governance: Its History and its Challenges by Susan R Pierce

BMC Governance Documents:

• The Foundation of the College's Shared Goverance
• Plan of Governance
• Faculty
• Self-Governance Association (SGA)
• GSAS Graduate Student Association
• GSSWSR Graduate Student Association