AKA|Strategy continues its commitment to stay informed about the latest in higher education and the nonprofit sector. It is a pleasure to share these articles that we found both informative and engaging.
We welcome any comments or reactions to this edition of our AKA Weekly Rundown.
What you might have missed earlier this week
From The Hechinger Report: ‘It’s just too much’: Why students are abandoning community colleges in droves by Lawrence Lanahan Despite predictions that students would opt for colleges closer to home during the pandemic, community colleges have experienced a more significant decline in enrollment than their four-year counterparts. Continuation of this trend could exacerbate racial and socioeconomic gaps in higher education. Read this article
A Scorecard developed by the U.S. Department of Education has enabled users to design different ways of measuring the return on investment (ROI) of higher education institutions. Here’s an example of the outcome for one college. Read this article
From The New York Times:
For Diversity Leaders in the Arts, Getting Hired Is Just the First Step By Robin Pogrebin As cultural institutions around the country hire diversity officers, they are finding it is important to go beyond simply increasing the number of staff and board members from underrepresented populations to adequately address institutional patterns of systemic racism.Read this article
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