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Today's Campus Update. July 2010



Bernard J. Luskin, CEO & Senior Provost, Touro University Worldwide
Bernie Luskin has worked extensively where communications technology meets higher education.  He has also been involved in a number of launches and business deals of note.  Today he's responsible for taking one of the Touro University enterprises to its next level. 



Intellectual Property Produces Smart Money

Some campuses on the Forbes list of research revenue producers were one-hit wonders, due to the invention of a super drug.  Others earned their money with a series of smaller successes.   By Tom Robinson



Auxiliaries are potent revenue generators

These campus operations are money-makers. While housing and dining services are marketing lures for prospective students, they also can generate welcome extra revenue. Some campuses are re-mixing their offerings and resetting prices much the same way as national hotel and restaurant brands.



A very scary, very expensive and very necessary ERP software conversion
 
What happened when PeopleSoft/Oracle began to look old and unworkable to a community college?

by Karen West and Tom Robinson.



New Campuses and New Offerings

Boldly going where they have never been in search of new students and new revenue is now a path for many of today’s campuses.  By Tom Robinson



So Sue Me

Institutions and individuals duel over intellectual property in an environment reminiscent of Jack London's Klondike.
By Jim Castagnera



Collaboration = Education

What do a four-year university and a 54-hour entrepreneurs' Startup Weekend have in common? Just about everything.  By Jamie Young and Tom Robinson. 



What sounds do entrepreneurs make?

Higher education and entrepreneurs.  It's been a great matchup.  It will continue to be so.  Here's the why and how of it.  From people who know. 



Stephen Spinelli
A successful academic.  Next, a very successful entrepreneur.  Now a university president.  Stephen Spinelli has much to share on the topic of entrepreneurship. 



John Katzman
The founder of Princeton Review has moved on since the company's $50 million initial public offering in 2001. His current venture is a model so unique it's difficult to describe.  Suffice it to say that 2Tor provides real help to premium brand campuses - one at a time.     


Stuart Udell

Fresh from the $170 million deal in which his schools were acquired, Stuart Udell is making new higher education deals happen for The Princeton Review. 




Bryce Johnson

eTextbooks have the potential to reduce college costs ... and produce entrepreneurial successes. Bryce Johnson and Follett believe their success lies on the distribution side of the emerging business.  




Andy Reeher
Saving money while raising money is something campuses can actually do.  Andy Reeher parlayed this knowledge into a start-up that serves a growing number of blue chip U.S. campuses. 



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