{"id":60198,"date":"2017-07-31T11:03:48","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T15:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=60198"},"modified":"2017-07-31T11:03:48","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T15:03:48","slug":"the-rose-colored-glasses-come-off-a-survey-of-business-officers-lederman-seltzer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2017\/07\/31\/the-rose-colored-glasses-come-off-a-survey-of-business-officers-lederman-seltzer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rose-Colored Glasses Come Off: A Survey of Business Officers [Lederman &#038; Seltzer]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/survey\/survey-finds-business-officers-increasingly-considering-more-painful-options\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Rose-Colored Glasses Come Off: a Survey of Business Officers<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 from insidehighered.com by Doug Lederman &amp; Rick Seltzer<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt <span style=\"color: #800000;\">(emphasis DSC):<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>The reality of higher education\u2019s financial challenges is sinking in among college and university business officers.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Now the question is what they\u2019re doing about it &#8212; and whether they\u2019re willing to do enough.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Chief business officers increasingly agree that higher education is in the midst of a financial crisis,<\/span> <\/strong>according to the 2017 <em>Inside Higher Ed<\/em> Survey of College and University Business Officers. Some are also starting to lose faith in the idea that they can overcome revenue shortfalls using the often-cited strategy of increasing enrollment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Many respondents\u00a0were open or supportive of\u00a0the idea of consolidating programs or academic operations with other institutions. Yet survey results reflected a greater skepticism about their likelihood of actually merging\u00a0with other colleges or universities in the near future. Business officers were also generally leery of addressing their budget issues in ways that would require them to ask faculty members to change. So although business officers are increasingly recognizing the financial threats they face, experts wondered whether they are being realistic about the kind of strategies they will have to pursue to chart a course forward.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/survey\/survey-finds-business-officers-increasingly-considering-more-painful-options\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-60199 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Pages-from-2017_Business-Officers-Survey-final_0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"495\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Pages-from-2017_Business-Officers-Survey-final_0.jpeg 495w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Pages-from-2017_Business-Officers-Survey-final_0-116x150.jpeg 116w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/survey\/survey-finds-business-officers-increasingly-considering-more-painful-options\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-60200 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/chart_5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"292\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/chart_5.png 292w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/chart_5-150x92.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Also see:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/blogs\/technology-and-learning\/business-officers-and-learning-innovators\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Business Officers and Learning Innovators<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u2014 from insidehighered.com by Joshua Kim<br \/>\n<em>Why maybe we should talk less about learning, and more about money.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">I\u2019d like to make a modest proposal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">What if for 2018 all of us involved in postsecondary learning innovation &#8211; edtech and CTL and library folks &#8211; spent the entire calendar year <em>learning about the business of higher education?<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">&#8212; Per Joshua Kim<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rose-Colored Glasses Come Off: a Survey of Business Officers \u2014 from insidehighered.com by Doug Lederman &amp; Rick Seltzer Excerpt (emphasis DSC): The reality of higher education\u2019s financial challenges is sinking in among college and university business officers. Now the question is what they\u2019re doing about it &#8212; and whether they\u2019re willing to do enough. 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