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.
This is the right book at the right time to provide a planning guide for academic leaders at colleges facing financial uncertainty. Nietzel and Ambrose combine experience as university presidents with a clear logic to considering sound data and values to make good decisions about mission and resources in the post-covid college era. Their engaging writing style and institutional analyses create a gyroscope for colleges whose presidents and professionals are navigating the adversities colleges face in the 21stcentury.
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