HigherEdRisk is a journal that provides objective knowledge of the risks threatening higher education through news, trends, and insights.

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State Funding: Financial Risks Facing Higher Education

Tracey Swift 5/16/25 Tracey Swift 5/16/25

State Funding: Financial Risks Facing Higher Education

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Risk Insights: Unpacking the Lumina Foundation-Gallup Higher Education Study

Tracey Swift 5/7/25 Tracey Swift 5/7/25

Risk Insights: Unpacking the Lumina Foundation-Gallup Higher Education Study

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Rising College Mergers and Rural America

Tracey Swift 4/17/25 Tracey Swift 4/17/25

Rising College Mergers and Rural America

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Endowment Tax Reform: Risk Implications for Higher Education

Tracey Swift 3/27/25 Tracey Swift 3/27/25

Endowment Tax Reform: Risk Implications for Higher Education

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AI Litigation: Higher Education's New Risk Frontier

Tracey Swift 3/11/25 Tracey Swift 3/11/25

AI Litigation: Higher Education's New Risk Frontier

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Social Inflation Strikes Again!

Tracey Swift 2/10/25 Tracey Swift 2/10/25

Social Inflation Strikes Again!

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Navigating Regulatory Risk in Higher Education

Tracey Swift 1/23/25 Tracey Swift 1/23/25

Navigating Regulatory Risk in Higher Education

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Freshman Enrollment Did NOT Decline 5% Last Fall

Tracey Swift 1/16/25 Tracey Swift 1/16/25

Freshman Enrollment Did NOT Decline 5% Last Fall

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Top Risks & Challenges Facing Academia in 2025

Tracey Swift 1/3/25 Tracey Swift 1/3/25

Top Risks & Challenges Facing Academia in 2025

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HigherEdRisk's Higher Education Risk Landscape 2024 Annual Retrospective

Tracey Swift 12/12/24 Tracey Swift 12/12/24

HigherEdRisk's Higher Education Risk Landscape 2024 Annual Retrospective

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AI Poses Unexpected Risks to HigherEd

Tracey Swift 12/3/24 Tracey Swift 12/3/24

AI Poses Unexpected Risks to HigherEd

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Growing Cybersecurity Risks

Tracey Swift 11/25/24 Tracey Swift 11/25/24

Growing Cybersecurity Risks

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Who owns risk?

Tracey Swift 11/19/24 Tracey Swift 11/19/24

Who owns risk?

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Clery Act State of the Field Survey

Tracey Swift 11/4/24 Tracey Swift 11/4/24

Clery Act State of the Field Survey

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Academia’s Data Privacy Dilemma

Tracey Swift 10/22/24 Tracey Swift 10/22/24

Academia’s Data Privacy Dilemma

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Cybersecurity Straight A's: Be an Ace in Your Academic Space

Tracey Swift 10/3/24 Tracey Swift 10/3/24

Cybersecurity Straight A's: Be an Ace in Your Academic Space

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Good Governance can Mitigate Board Liability in Higher Education

Tracey Swift 9/18/24 Tracey Swift 9/18/24

Good Governance can Mitigate Board Liability in Higher Education

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Boards are in the Spotlight

Tracey Swift 9/12/24 Tracey Swift 9/12/24

Boards are in the Spotlight

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The Three-Year Degree: Risk Mitigation or Educational Threat?

Tracey Swift 9/3/24 Tracey Swift 9/3/24

The Three-Year Degree: Risk Mitigation or Educational Threat?

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Navigating Risk- Fall 2024, What to Watch for

Tracey Swift 8/22/24 Tracey Swift 8/22/24

Navigating Risk- Fall 2024, What to Watch for

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