Description

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Colleges on the Brink is about the financial crises many colleges are facing in the post-pandemic era and how they can be resolved. The tools described require changing how colleges spend money while still maintaining core academic values. Ambrose and Nietzel discuss the conditions involving financial exigency and other major budget overhauls, and they outline how to maximize the likelihood institutions can regain financial health. The challenge these colleges face is to come back from the brink and become leaner, financially stable institutions, ready to provide the education students need.

About the Author

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Charles M. Ambrose is senior consultant for higher education strategy with Husch Blackwell. He's served as a university president, chancellor and CEO at Pfeiffer University, University of Central Missouri, the KnowledgeWorks Foundation, and Henderson State University. He's held senior positions at Carson-Newman College, Western Carolina University, and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. He also serves on Furman University's Board of Trustees. Michael Nietzel is the former president of Missouri State University. Prior to that, he was Dean of the Graduate School and Provost at the University of Kentucky. After retirement from Missouri State, Nietzel served as senior policy advisor to Missouri Governor Jay Nixon and was later Deputy Director of the Missouri Department of Mental Health. Since 2019, he's been a Senior Contributor to Forbes online, writing on higher education.