{"id":2721,"date":"2018-11-28T10:36:16","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T15:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=2721"},"modified":"2018-11-28T10:36:16","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T15:36:16","slug":"colleges-get-creative-to-fill-revenue-gaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/11\/28\/colleges-get-creative-to-fill-revenue-gaps\/","title":{"rendered":"Colleges Get Creative to Fill Revenue Gaps"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2722\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2722\" style=\"width: 724px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/AirBnB.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2722\" src=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/AirBnB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"724\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/AirBnB.jpg 724w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/AirBnB-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2722\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">iStock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Declining enrollments are leading some colleges to look for new ways to boost revenue.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Indicator<\/em>, a podcast produced by NPR&#8217;s <em>Planet Money<\/em> team, recently shared a few of the more innovative approaches.<\/p>\n<p>Did you know:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Forty-eight colleges have licensed their schools&#8217; logos for use on caskets.<\/li>\n<li>At least one university rents out its dorms on Airbnb during the summer months.<\/li>\n<li>Collectively, US colleges and universities have added 41,446 new degree or certificate programs since 2012 \u2014 a strategy experts say is at least in part due to a desire to increase revenues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/money\/2018\/11\/27\/671284334\/college-side-hustle\">Listen to the full podcast<\/a> and share your thoughts in the comment section below.<\/p>\n<p><em>Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"mailto:mstegmeir@nacacnet.org\"><em style=\"font-weight: inherit;\">mstegmeir@nacacnet.org.\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Declining enrollments are leading some colleges to look for new ways to boost revenue. The Indicator, a podcast produced by NPR&#8217;s Planet Money team, recently shared a few of the more innovative approaches. Did you know: Forty-eight colleges have licensed their schools&#8217; logos for use on caskets. At least one university rents out its dorms &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/11\/28\/colleges-get-creative-to-fill-revenue-gaps\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Colleges Get Creative to Fill Revenue Gaps<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-HT","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2721\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}