Effects of Inflation, Budgets, and Mental Health in Higher Ed

Welcome to the Higher Ed Huddle: Hot Off the Press, a podcast focused on higher ed news and stories.

In this episode, host Joe Traino, a Senior Manager in BerryDunn’s Higher Education Management and IT consulting practice, speaks to Chase Goode, a consultant at BerryDunn. The team discusses the impact of inflation, budgetary increases, and mental health in higher ed.

For more information about the stories we covered in this week’s episode, please see the links below.

The impact of inflation on higher ed

• Inflation and labor shortages, Higher Ed Dive
• Missouri State tuition increase, News Leader

Budgetary increases in higher ed  

• Funding for education in Illinois, Effingham Daily News
• Funding for California Community College System cybersecurity, Patch  
• Buget increases to benefit Missouri colleges and universities, Missouri Independent 

The effect of COVID-19 on mental health in higher ed

• Student mental health status report, Inside Higher Ed