It’s the start of the fall semester, when students and faculty arrive on campuses across the country, and where faculty…
Small & Mid-Sized Colleges & Universities
Discover how your museum can secure up to $750K in funding through the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant programs. Whether you aim to advance professional development, enhance public engagement, or support collections care, there’s a grant for you.
A confluence of forces—demographic, economic, and financial—have increased the pressure on colleges and universities, such that analysts regularly suggest that higher education has reached an “inflection point.” To right-size budgets and introduce new programs that will attract students, most institutions are striving to identify extramural funding to supplement endowment and tuition revenue. The ability of many schools to survive may depend on the capacity of academic leaders to collaborate with their counterparts in advancement. The importance of this relationship—between academic leaders and advancement—was obvious during my time as a provost and an academic administrator, when I was frequently asked to be the interlocuter between my colleagues in advancement and faculty who could partner with them.
Dr. Jessica C. Gerrity, Senior Vice President and Leader of the Higher Education Practice of McAllister & Quinn, recently sat down with Sean Creighton, President of The New American Colleges & Universities (NACU) to discuss how small colleges can pursue federal grant opportunities that catalyze transformative change on campuses.
On March 9, 2024, President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 into law, which includes $459 billion in FY2024…
McAllister & Quinn Managing Partner, John McAllister, was quoted in an Inside Higher Ed article published April 1, 2024. The…
Community colleges should consider applying for federal grants to increase recruitment, retention, and graduation rates on campus. The Department of…
Funding through Congressionally Directed Spending for Higher Education The Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) process (previously referred to as earmarking) allows…
McAllister & Quinn is excited to announce that Emily Wolf has been promoted to Vice President in the Higher Education Practice.
The onslaught of the revolution was met with much hope but also much trepidation. The feelings of great promise and fear stayed with us throughout the eighties and nineties and into the twenty-first century. Some change—but nothing to fear.