Two-thirds also fell short of revenue targets; community-college presidents light up social media; Netflix tackles English-department life; and more.
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One year after announcing one of the nation’s most generous financial-aid initiatives, Rice University reflects on the impact of the initiative, the Rice Investment, including a significant increase in applicants and the number of students benefiting from need-based aid.
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Fostering collaboration and innovation, RIT engineering students are replicating motion through technology, designing robotics that could be part of better functioning assistive technologies for people tomorrow.
This brief explores how institutions can create financial stability, adapt to an ever-evolving market, and emerge from an economic downturn stronger and savvier. Some institutions never fully recovered from the last recession, but with strong leadership, strategic mission-driven planning, and a continued emphasis on student success, they can be better equipped to mitigate the impact of the next economic downturn.