Kaufman Hall's Higher Education experts offer insight for institutions in higher education to address the many challenges they are facing today and begin to prepare for the potential longer-term impacts of the crisis.
Recent Updates & Analysis on COVID-19 Affecting Your College or University
Integrating Adult Learning into the College and University Landscape
A thoughtful approach to integrating can minimize the friction that an expanded adult learning program might generate. Read more!
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Make Room for Adult Learning
As the economic impacts of the pandemic continue to unfold, many adults will need to find work in new industries and will require new skills to do so. Read more.
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Unlocking the Benefits of Commercial Cards in Healthcare and Higher Education
The use of commercial cards has been growing steadily, and adoption has become widespread across healthcare and higher education institutions. Learn more.
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Liquidity in Higher Education: Cash versus Investments
As cash is invested, an institution incurs more risk that cash will not be available when it is needed. Read our recommendations on balancing these risks.
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Liquidity in Higher Education: Cash Modeling Do’s and Don’ts
PART 3 OF A SUSTAINING HIGHER ED BLOG SERIES Sustaining Higher Ed is a monthly blog dedicated to helping college administrators and board trustees lead their organizations toward...
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Higher Education’s COVID-19 Crisis: Scenario Planning Guide for the Fall 2020 Term
Colleges and universities continue to face many uncertainties as they plan for the 2020-21 academic year. Read our eBook for next steps on how to prepare.
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Liquidity in Higher Education: Measures and Metrics for Budgeting and Planning
ow much cash do we have, and is it enough? Clear and coordinated responses to these questions are critical. Read more.
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Liquidity in Higher Education: Setting the Table for All Stakeholders
This is the first in a four-part series of posts designed to assist higher education CFOs as they manage and communicate their institution’s cash position. Read more!
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Respond, Recover, Reimagine: Higher Education Beyond COVID-19
Higher education institutions responded to the crisis with remarkable speed and flexibility and have begun work on recovery as they plan for the coming academic year. Read more in our eBook.
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Take First Steps on the Road to Financial Recovery
We convened a panel of Kaufman Hall experts from our Management Consulting and Software divisions to discuss how the financial planning landscape is changing, how higher education finance leaders are coping, and what actions they need to take now to prepare for uncertainty ahead.
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Assess the Financial Impact of Enrollment Changes with Tuition Planning
Students, parents, and higher education leaders alike have spent much of the spring wondering if college and university campuses will reopen in the fall of 2020. If so, how many...
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Financial Modeling for Your Online Product Mix Beyond the Fall 2020 Term
Almost all colleges and universities had initiated some level of activity around online education before the COVID-19 crisis struck. Read more on how to financial model for the fall and beyond.
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COVID-19 Monitoring and Planning Guide for Higher Education: Cost Containment
The COVID-19 pandemic is creating cost pressures for colleges and universities as they face the uncertainties of reopening campuses and other challenges. Download our guide for cost containment.
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Optimizing the Summer 2020 Session in the Age of COVID-19
As the coronavirus continues to cloud the horizon for colleges and universities, higher education leaders find themselves needing to plan for new uncertainties. Read more.
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Interview: Eugene Sunshine on Financial Leadership in Times of Crisis
Eugene Sunshine retired from his position as Senior Vice President for Business and Finance at Northwestern University in 2014. With almost 30 years’ experience in higher education...
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Higher Education Navigates Uncharted Waters Amid COVID-19 Wave
The virulent tsunami of COVID-19 has left industry scrambling to adapt their practices and deal with the fallout from catastrophic business disruption. Read more.
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Financial Modeling for an Online Fall 2020 Term
Given the uncertainty surrounding the pandemic, colleges and universities are already considering that courses may need to remain remote for all or part of the fall term, and perhaps beyond. Read more.
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5 Priorities for Higher Education Finance Leaders During COVID-19 Outbreak
Higher education finance leaders are on the forefront of efforts to determine how colleges and universities will navigate a new normal after the COVID-19 outbreak. In the pandemic’s...
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Planning for COVID-19’s Impacts on Universities with Academic Medical Centers
The repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic are further compounded for universities affiliated with academic medical centers (AMCs), particularly those universities that own the AMC. Read more.
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COVID-19 Communication Considerations for Students, Family, and Alumni
Higher education is responding as quickly as possible to the rapidly evolving coronavirus pandemic, but this has meant significant and rapid change for our campus communities. As higher...
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Navigating the Financial Impact of COVID-19 on Higher Education
The COVID-19 pandemic and attending economic turmoil have the role of higher education CFO extraordinarily challenging. Institutions need to prepare for a wide range of possible outcomes. Read our tips on how.
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Moving Higher Education Online: Near-Term Challenges and Longer-Term Opportunities
After the end of spring break season, most colleges and universities are now fully engaged in the effort to complete this term’s coursework online. Read our insights on how institutions can prepare for emerging challenges.
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Mobilizing Your Institution to Address Higher Education’s Coronavirus Crisis
The impact of the coronavirus on higher education continues to grow as colleges and universities make challenging decisions. Read more about how your institution can step forward during this challenging time.
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Coronavirus on Campus - Strategic and Financial Considerations for the Short and Long Term
As the coronavirus outbreak intensifies in the U.S., higher education institutions are making difficult decisions about closing campuses and moving courses online. Read more from the Sustaining Higher Ed blog series.
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Reimagining Higher Education On-Demand Webinars
This on-demand webinar series focuses on the task of reimagining higher education, with sessions on strategies for growth, transformation, and affiliation, as well as sessions on the tools and leadership skills required.
On-Demand Webinars for Your College or University
Reimagining Higher Education Series: Strategic Options for Transformation
Administrative and curriculum redesign will be the focus of this session, with conversation focused on strategies to improve efficiencies, identify cost-sharing opportunities, and seek partners to improve both course content and the range of modalities through which it is offered.
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Reimagining Higher Education Series: Strategic Options for Affiliation
This session will look at affiliation options through the perspectives of organizations seeking to merge or divest their holdings, and organizations seeking new opportunities through acquisition. Topics will include possible affiliation models, cultural considerations, and other factors that influence the success of an affiliation.
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Reimagining Higher Education Series: Tools for Reimagining Higher Education
As institutions turn their future vision into reality, they will need a toolbox that includes integrated strategic and financial planning, treasury and capital management, administrative assessment and design, academic product mix planning, and communications.
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Surviving the Financial Impact of COVID-19 on Higher Education
With the financial impact of COVID-19 still uncertain, colleges and universities need to prepare for a wide range of possible outcomes. You will need to revisit your strategic and...
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Grow and Sustain Curriculum with Online and Nontraditional Education
As the population of traditional college and university students declines, institutions must seek new opportunities to grow and diversify revenues. Watch to learn more.
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Helpful Resources for Higher Education Institutions in Times of Crisis
4 Best Practices in Financial Planning for Higher Education, 2nd Edition
Given the number and magnitude of external pressures in higher education, the need for robust long-range financial planning is more critical than ever. In addition, Boards are increasingly asking for improved visibility into the longer-term financial trajectory of their institutions.
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Moving Forward on the Continuum of Financial Planning in Higher Education
With high awareness and understanding of the financial challenges their institution faces, proactive board chairs and trustees are asking senior college and university leaders—particularly finance leaders—tough questions.
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