Posts Tagged ‘Peter Stokes’
New England Colleges Under Stress: Presidential Voices from the Region’s Smaller Colleges
by Jay A. Halfond and Peter Stokes
September 3, 2013
Shifting demography, rising operating expenses, plummeting state and federal support, intensified competition, broken financial models … these are just a few of the complex challenges facing New England higher education institutions. Given these tensions, who would be surprised if college presidents in the region weren’t occasionally plagued by sleepless nights, hounded by anxious trustees, or ...
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Exploring Higher Education Business Models (If Such a Thing Exists)
by John O. Harney
October 8, 2013
The global economic recession has caused students, parents and policymakers to reevaluate personal and societal investments in higher education—and has prompted the realization that traditional higher ed “business models” may be unsustainable.
Jay A. Halfond of Boston University and Peter Stokes of Northeastern University recently conducted a non-scientific "pulse" survey of presidents at smaller ...
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