Ben Unglesbee
Senior Reporter | @Ben_UnglesbeeBen Unglesbee is a senior reporter with Higher Ed Dive. Prior to joining, he covered finance, sourcing and other business topics for Supply Chain Dive, Retail Dive, Capitol Forum and the St. Louis Business Journal. He started his reporting career covering higher education at the Lawrence Journal-World. A native Midwesterner, he holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas and master’s from the Missouri School of Journalism.
547 articles by Ben Unglesbee
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University of Maryland lays off 84 employees amid budget pressures
June 5, 2026 -
Kent State, Colorado State and other universities turn to budget cuts
June 5, 2026 -
Texas Tech instruction rules spurred widespread course changes
June 3, 2026 -
Hampshire College may close earlier than planned
June 1, 2026 -
Tuition discount rate reaches 57% for private nonprofits, NACUBO says
June 1, 2026 -
Western Michigan University launches buyout program to ease budget
May 29, 2026 -
California Senate passes bill that would create $12B in state research funding
May 29, 2026 -
Florida budget deal would cut extra funding to top public universities
May 27, 2026 -
SUNY Fredonia cutting 14 degrees, 7 minors
May 26, 2026 -
Week in Review: A flurry of new Education Department rules and proposals
May 25, 2026 -
UT System makes it easier to shutter programs, fire faculty
May 21, 2026 -
Baldwin Wallace University winds down 16 degree programs, 19 minors
May 20, 2026 -
University of Michigan poised to buy campus of downsized Lutheran college
May 20, 2026 -
University of Oregon freezes hiring as it aims to cut $65M from budget
May 18, 2026 -
Do enrollment management strategies lead to high debt for poor families?
May 18, 2026 -
Portland State University budget plan would cut 52 jobs
May 15, 2026 -
FAFSA completion rate for class of 2026 highest on record
May 15, 2026 -
Students, alumni sue to block Kentucky State University overhaul
May 13, 2026 -
Soka University of America moves to acquire Middlebury College’s international studies institute
May 12, 2026 -
Colorado State University turns to layoffs and other cuts to manage budget hole
May 11, 2026 -
Bowie State University plans to cut nearly 80 jobs
May 8, 2026 -
Southern Oregon University plan would cut or consolidate 13 academic units
May 7, 2026 -
For-profit design college in Ohio to shutter
May 6, 2026 -
Kent State University to lay off up to 45 staffers
May 6, 2026 -
Week in Review: Financial stress at Saint Augustine’s, Southern Oregon University
May 4, 2026
