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NACUBO In Brief episodes

January 08, 20242024 Federal Outlook for Finance and Funding with GFOA's Emily Brock
NACUBO's Liz Clark, vice president, policy and research, speaks with Emily Brock from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) about what's expected from Washington policymakers this year. Emily is director of GFOA's Federal Liaison Center and shares her thoughts on what legislative and regulatory actions may impact financings (bonds) and talks about the patience needed as we await additional guidance from the federal government on several fronts. Links & Notes

About GFOA

GFOA Best Practices

GFOA ESG Disclosure

Resource Page on the Financial Data Transparency Act (FDTA)

Background on the FDTA

NACUBO News: IRS Opens Direct Pay Election Tool for Clean Energy Credits

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27 min
November 27, 2023Cybercrime and Higher Education: How One Institution Responded to an Attack
In a conversation based around their NACUBO 2023 Annual Meeting session, Lou Mayer, chief finance officer, vice president of finance and treasurer and Tej Patel, vice president for information technology and chief information officer at Stevens Institute of Technology talk with Neil Gavigan, policy and advocacy manager at NACUBO about cyberattacks and higher education. Throughout the conversation, Lou and Tej illustrate why higher education is a prime target for cybercrime and share lessons learned from a 2019 ransomware attack on Stevens. Links & Notes

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23 min
November 13, 2023Breaking Down Silos to Create and Sustain Equitable Student Outcomes
On this all-NACUBO episode of the podcast, Liz Clark, vice president, policy and research speaks with Kelli Rainey, senior director, grant programs about Kelli's ongoing work to help institutions strategically finance equitable student outcomes. Supported by a series of multi-year grants, this effort has partnered NACUBO with a diverse group of 26 institutions across the country to build understanding around how to improve student outcomes and provide higher education leaders with the tools and information they need to best serve their students. Links & Notes

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NACUBO Grant and Foundation Partners
23 min
October 30, 2023Why MSU Denver Chose to Raise Its Minimum Wage
Chris Harder, senior fiscal operations manager for student affairs at Metropolitan State University of Denver joins NACUBO's Bryan Dickson, director, student financial services and educational programs, for a conversation about MSU Denver's decision to pay its lowest earners more than legally required. Referring to the move as an "investment in the institution and its students," Chris shares background on the decision as well as challenges, anticipated and otherwise, implementing the plan. Links & Notes

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MIT Living Wage Calculator
20 min
October 16, 2023Mauve Group CEO Ann Ellis Shares Global Operations Solutions
NACUBO's Liz Clark, vice president, policy and research speaks with Ann Ellis, CEO and co-founder of Mauve Group. Together, they discuss Ann's early work as an educator and how Mauve Group has grown to offer a variety of global operations services in more than 100 countries "from Japan to Chile." After realizing there were opportunities to offer new solutions to the higher education sector in 2012, Mauve Group now offers support to institutions that employ people outside the United States in research, instruction, data analysis, and much more. Links & Notes

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Mauve Group
18 min
October 02, 2023Analyzing Student Data to Drive Satisfaction and Retention
Building on their institution's legacy of serving disadvantaged students, Penny Evans-Plants, chief information officer and Zach Sherwin, director of enterprise analytics at Berry College join NACUBO's Bryan Dickson, director of student financial services and educational programs to discuss their ongoing efforts to leverage existing data to better serve students. By focusing on "identifying students with excessive debt and intervening as soon as possible," Penny and Zach are helping to produce positive outcomes for their most at-risk students. Links & Notes

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20 min
September 18, 2023Top 5 Higher Education Business Issues of 2023
With input from business officers at public and private colleges and universities across the country, NACUBO recently identified the most-pressing higher education business issues in 2023. NACUBO's 2023 Rising Star Award recipient, Katie Walker, assistant vice president for finance at the University of Virginia, joins Liz Clark, vice president for policy and research at NACUBO, to discuss the challenges—and how colleges are strategizing to respond. Links & Notes

NACUBO's Top 5 Higher Education Business Issues of 2023

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CBO Speaks
34 min
September 04, 2023Higher Ed Enrollment Management Under the Microscope
As we enter a new academic year and colleges and universities welcome new and returning students, NACUBO In Brief speaks with enrollment experts. In a conversation addressing different challenges facing enrollment officers, lessons learned from the pandemic, and more, Neil Gavigan, NACUBO's policy and advocacy manager, sits down with Fabrizio D'Aloisio, associate vice provost for enrollment management and executive director of undergraduate admissions at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Kevin O'Sullivan, vice president of enrollment management at Iona University. At a time when perceptions of higher education are increasingly complex, Fabrizio and Kevin provide insights into national and local approaches for attracting and retaining students. Links & Notes

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21 min
August 28, 2023 NACUBO's New Podcast • Career Conversations
NACUBO's new podcast Career Conversations, featuring insights and advice for business professionals new to higher education, starts airing biweekly on September 8th. Make sure to subscribe!
2 min
July 10, 2023More is Possible With Higher Education
Discussing the latest release in NACUBO's state of higher education series: More is Possible with Higher Education, NACUBO's director, student financial services and educational programs, Bryan Dickson, speaks with senior director, analytics, Lindsay Wayt. Together, they examine some of the ways that higher education benefits students, communities, and society as well as areas where institutions may be able to do even more. Links & Notes

More is Possible with Higher Education

NACUBO's State of Higher Education Series

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24 min

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What economic trends today will set the stage for the future? How will legislative actions impact student financial aid? What accounting policy or reporting changes are on the horizon? Navigating the business of higher education institutions requires knowledge about a variety of issues—from finance to campus security.