Un arrêté du 4 novembre fixe la contribution de la Caisse nationale de solidarité pour l’autonomie (CNSA) pour l’année 2016 et sa répartition pour le financement des formations d'emplois d'avenir, d'actions de tutorat, et d'actions de formation dans les établissements et services médico-sociaux. Voir l'article...
New funding for local growth – the seven biggest trends
HEFCE has just completed, with its national partners, the first set of packed-out workshops about ‘New Forms of Funding’. Seven new general trends have emerged. More...
A mixed picture for higher ed funding emerges
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. As 2017 legislative sessions draw near, governors around the country are announcing their budget and policy priorities for fiscal year (FY) 2018. While the national economic news has been positive in recent days, overall state revenue growth this year has been sluggish due to weak performance in state income and sales tax collections. More...
Why an MA in sales could pay for itself
By Carrie Dunn. When a company supported its sales staff by paying for them to study a master’s, it made a major impact. More...
Funding a master's - what are the options?
By Carrie Dunn. With so many sources of funding available, paying for a postgrad course has never been easier. More...
Universities get a big boost in federal research funding
By Anqi Shen. Thirteen Canadian universities will receive a combined $900 million in the second round of a federal competition aimed at funding scientific research that puts Canada on the world stage. More...
Dutch Universities Call for More Research Funding
Higher ed business model is being upended by lack of funding
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. In a panel during the annual meeting of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities Monday, college leaders from around the country agreed: the biggest challenge facing public higher education today is the dwindling state support for the enterprise. More...
Does Performance Funding Work?
By Six Research Scholars. More than 30 states now provide performance funding for higher education, with several more states seriously considering it. Read more...
Update on fundraising regulation and practice
Following recent high-profile failures in the charities sector, the Cabinet Office asked Sir Stuart Etherington, Chief Executive of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations to chair a cross-party review to examine how fundraising regulation could be strengthened. Its output was a report, ‘Regulating fundraising for the future: Trust in charities, confidence in fundraising regulations’, which was published in September 2015. This report is commonly referred to as the ‘Etherington Review’. More...