Higher Ed Bubble – The College Fix

Veteran and business owner leaves behind helpful student loan guide: book review

Matt Lamb - Associate Editor — Sat, 13 Jan 2024 05:04:16 +0000

OPINION: A business owner and veteran created a quality college loan guide for parents and students Retired Air Force Colonel David Shutler wanted to create a book people like him could have used when talking to high schoolers about picking and paying for post secondary education. Colonel Shutler (pictured) did that with his book, “Graduate Debt Free,” but he died last fall before he could see…

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As Youngstown State student enrollment dropped, admin-student ratio, tuition increased

Therese Joffre - Hope College — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 05:07:43 +0000

ANALYSIS: Staff showed growing focus on DEI, but new president may reverse trend Over a recent four year period, Youngstown State University’s full-time undergraduate enrollment fell almost 16 percent — even as the ratio of administrators to students grew more than 13 percent and tuition was hiked for four consecutive years, an analysis conducted by The College Fix found. Amid these changes…

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Cal State University boss makes three times more than Gov. Gavin Newsom

Peyton Sorosinski - CSU Sacramento — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 05:03:28 +0000

Executive salaries within the California State University system have outpaced full-time instructors over the last 15 years, according to an analysis from CalMatters. California State University Chancellor Mildred Garcia is just shy of making $1 million in compensation in her first year of leading the nation’s largest higher education system, while Gov. Gavin Newsom’s total compensation is…

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As WVU grapples with $45M budget shortfall, top admin agree to 10% pay cut

Sofia DeRiggi - West Virginia University — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 05:05:26 +0000

As many students at West Virginia University struggle with the fact that their school faces massive budget cuts, which put several academic programs on the chopping block, an alternative plan has emerged that aims to reduce the carnage. The alternative comes as West Virginia University senior administrators — many of whom make six-figure salaries — recently agreed to a 10 percent voluntary pay…

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Harvard graduate student union endorses anti-Israel BDS movement

Maggie Kelly - Assistant Editor — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 18:46:07 +0000

Union also issued a statement denouncing doxxing of pro-Palestinian activists Amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, more than 60 percent of Harvard University’s graduate student union voted Friday to endorse statements endorsing the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement against Israel. Approximately 64 percent of about 600 union members voted Friday in support of a BDS statement from some rank…

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Oklahoma public universities under scrutiny after spending $83.4 million on DEI

Rafael Oliveira - The Kings College — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 05:08:48 +0000

Oklahoma’s public universities have poured over $83.4 million into diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives over the last decade, leading critics — including some state lawmakers, conservative watchdogs and alumni — to call for DEI to be defunded in the Sooner State. They argue it’s a waste of money, has created divisive campus atmospheres, and is possibly unconstitutional. The $83.4…

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Ohio State University doubled DEI staff in five years, payroll costs almost tripled

Jennifer Kabbany - Fix Editor — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 04:04:06 +0000

Public institution spends $20.38 million per year on DEI salaries — enough to fund 1,586 students’ annual tuition Ohio State University has more than doubled its diversity staff in just five years, hiring more than 100 new DEI-related employees between 2018 and 2023, swelling the headcount from 88 to 189, a College Fix analysis found. In 2018, Ohio State employed 88 diversity-related staffers…

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University of Oklahoma hosted two drag queen performances for $29,000

Blake Mauro - Clemson University — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 04:01:02 +0000

‘As America’s cultural revolution continues, OU’s regents seem unwilling to do their part to stop it,’ watchdog says Over the course of four months, the University of Oklahoma recently paid a total of $29,000 for two drag queen performers. Oklahoma’s flagship public institution hosted Yvie Oddly in April as the headliner for its annual “Crimson & Queens” drag show, costing $18,000…

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Amid massive budget cuts, WVU pays DEI chief $235,000 — 298% higher than average co-worker

Matt Lamb - Associate Editor — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 04:07:52 +0000

Administrators at WVU also outnumber teaching and instructional staff by a 2 to 1 margin, College Fix analysis finds West Virginia University’s Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Meshea Poore makes $234,537 per year plus benefits, a salary that outpaces her fellow employees by significant margins and comes even as the public institution faces a $45 million deficit.

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U. Iowa grad students shut down board meeting, demand ‘emergency’ 25 percent raise

Micaiah Bilger - Assistant Editor — Mon, 02 Oct 2023 18:27:56 +0000

University says minimum pay already equates to $66,000 salary Graduate students disrupted a University of Iowa Board of Regents meeting Wednesday to demand their salaries be increased by 25 percent to reflect the growing cost of living. About 30 students and union leaders attended the Iowa City meeting to make their demands, shouting and chanting long enough that the regents ended the meeting…

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