Mississippi’s 2011 Concealed Carry Law:

Abstract

This study examined differences in reported campus criminality on selected community college campuses in the years between 2005 and 2016 representing the years preceding and succeeding the implementation of Mississippi’s 2011 concealed carry legislation. Each campus included in this study was a public-funded community college in Mississippi. Using a significance level of 0.05 and an analysis of variance approach, the hypothesis testing showed five statistically significant findings reflecting the cases of Copiah-Lincoln, East Central, Jones County, Mississippi Delta, and Northeast Mississippi Community Colleges. Regarding these outcomes, an analysis of the means showed overall lowered crime reports.

Strategies to potentially maintain financial sustainability at a small, private, nonprofit higher education institution: an action research study

“…A majority of Stallion's annual income, greater than 90%, is generated from tuition and auxiliary revenues such as dormitory rentals and meal plans. For private institutions, tuition dollars are an essential element to institutional short and long-term financial sustainability (Lyken-Segosebe & Shepherd, 2013;Doss et al, 2015). Competition is fierce to attract students, which is generally the main source of revenue for small, private institutions (Doss et al, 2015;Gephardt et al, 2018).…”

“…For private institutions, tuition dollars are an essential element to institutional short and long-term financial sustainability (Lyken-Segosebe & Shepherd, 2013;Doss et al, 2015). Competition is fierce to attract students, which is generally the main source of revenue for small, private institutions (Doss et al, 2015;Gephardt et al, 2018). A cohort of comparable institutions illustrates approximately 80% dependency upon tuition, room, and board for revenue on an annual basis, according to Moody's Investors Service (Golden et al, 2021).…”

“…Webber (2016) indicates that pursuing a college degree continues to be a worthwhile investment as a college student's earnings potential is many times greater as opposed to not attending college. Fiscal management is an important matter for any postsecondary organization regardless of whether it is a public or private higher education institution (Doss et al, 2015), but especially for a small institution. Research performed by Walsh et al (2013) contemplated whether institutions of higher education must provide value that is relative to its costs (as cited in Doss et al, 2015).…”

“…Fiscal management is an important matter for any postsecondary organization regardless of whether it is a public or private higher education institution (Doss et al, 2015), but especially for a small institution. Research performed by Walsh et al (2013) contemplated whether institutions of higher education must provide value that is relative to its costs (as cited in Doss et al, 2015). The below dashboard in Figure 7 presented to Cycle 2 participants focused on the return on investment of a Stallion education against its top public and private higher education competitors which were compiled from Cycle 1 participants:…”

“…However, public institutions have become increasingly reliant on student tuition revenue streams to fund their operations (Serna, 2013). As for private institutions, tuition dollars collected from its student population is an essential element to institutional short and long-term financial sustainability (Lyken-Segosebe & Shepherd, 2013;Doss et al, 2015). Competition is fierce to attract students, generally the main source of revenue for small, private institutions (Doss et al, 2015;Gephardt et al, 2018), and the rising trend of increasing net prices (a college or university's published or sticker price less discounting for institutional aid) (Baum, 2017) has become a deciding factor for which institution a student will attend.…”