Ben Unglesbee
Senior Reporter | @Ben_UnglesbeeBen Unglesbee has been a senior reporter with Higher Ed Dive since early 2024. He covers institutional finance, operations, closures, mergers and higher ed disruption. Ben started his career covering higher ed at the local level for the Lawrence Journal-World, and he has worked as a business reporter for Supply Chain Dive, Retail Dive, Capitol Forum and the St. Louis Business Journal. His stories have won awards with the Software & Information Industry Association, American Society of Business Publication Editors, Missouri Press Association, Kansas Press Association, and Kansas City Press Club. Get in touch: [email protected]
634 articles by Ben Unglesbee
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Anna Maria College cancels campus bankruptcy auction over lack of bids
Oct. 20, 2026 -
Nearly half of employers say AI will make college degrees more important
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Harvard logs $100M surplus despite 20% drop in federal research money
Oct. 16, 2026 -
Judge declines to block Trump’s March anti-DEI order for federal contractors
Oct. 15, 2026 -
Minnesota State board approves plan to redirect funding to struggling colleges
Oct. 14, 2026 -
Penn State looks to cut 47 undergraduate degrees
Oct. 13, 2026 -
More students are ruling out colleges based on politics, poll finds
Oct. 13, 2026 -
Trump administration investigates 9 universities over visa fraud claims
Oct. 9, 2026 -
Stockton University plans 21 faculty and staff layoffs, sparking union backlash
Oct. 8, 2026 -
AAUP gets order over Jewish employee records at Penn ‘off the books’
Oct. 7, 2026 -
Coalition for the Common Good tells accreditor it has authority over Antioch
Oct. 6, 2026 -
Top higher education conferences in 2027
Oct. 6, 2026 -
Antioch employees face ‘conflicting directives’ amid legal fight for control
Oct. 5, 2026 -
Week in review: College athletes earned $1.8B through revenue sharing in first year
Oct. 5, 2026 -
Share of Americans who say college is ‘very important’ hits a new low
Oct. 1, 2026 -
Massachusetts beefs up closure warnings for at-risk colleges
Oct. 1, 2026 -
Antioch and Otterbein forged a unique coalition. Why is it unraveling?
Sept. 29, 2026 -
Antioch board dealt blow in court fight against the coalition the university co-founded
Sept. 28, 2026 -
University of Minnesota eyes $225M in budget cuts
Sept. 25, 2026 -
Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania could cut 175 jobs
Sept. 24, 2026 -
College athletics rack up millions in deficits as Senate eyes oversight bill
Sept. 22, 2026 -
Can shuttered Sterling College in Vermont pull off a second act?
Sept. 22, 2026 -
University of Maine preparing for staff and faculty layoffs
Sept. 18, 2026 -
Fitch downgrades Xavier University over deficits and weak undergrad demand
Sept. 17, 2026 -
Kirk family alleges ‘stunning’ security failures at UVU led to the figure’s death
Sept. 16, 2026
