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]
600 articles by Ben Unglesbee
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Full Sail University cuts 180 jobs
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East Carolina University eyes another $8.5M in budget cuts
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‘Hostile takeover’: Antioch University faces down university coalition it co-founded
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Houston City College wants more funding to manage $80M maintenance backlog
Aug. 31, 2026 -
Week in review: Trump administration targets ABA’s accrediting arm
Aug. 31, 2026 -
Texas governor pushes for 3-year degree pathways
Aug. 28, 2026 -
Anna Maria bankruptcy sale of property faces objection from neighbor
Aug. 27, 2026 -
Cornell, MIT and others can appeal class action status in antitrust case
Aug. 25, 2026 -
Education Department takes first step to strip ABA of accreditation authority
Aug. 24, 2026 -
University of Houston slashes 40% of courses from its core curriculum
Aug. 21, 2026 -
Colleges made deep staff cuts while adding tenure-track faculty last year
Aug. 21, 2026 -
Bankrupt Anna Maria College to sell nursing program for $1.1M
Aug. 19, 2026 -
Coalition sues Trump administration over 4-year student visa cap
Aug. 18, 2026 -
Westcliff University acquires Pacific College to expand nursing programs
Aug. 18, 2026 -
UT Austin plans massive overhaul to core curriculum
Aug. 14, 2026 -
University of Nebraska board approves cutting programs with low enrollment
Aug. 14, 2026 -
How Sonoma State saved academic programs slated for closure
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AAUP sues Texas A&M System over teaching limits on race and gender
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Illinois Institute of Technology lays off 160 faculty and staff members
Aug. 4, 2026 -
Bipartisan group of senators introduces bill to ban legacy admissions
July 31, 2026 -
University of Valley Forge in Pennsylvania to shutter
July 30, 2026 -
Texas community college funding model faces ‘growing pains’
July 30, 2026 -
Sonoma State to relaunch NCAA athletics after budget cuts eliminated sports
July 29, 2026 -
3 dozen of Harvard’s peers back its court fight against the Trump administration
July 27, 2026 -
The fine art of talking about college budgets
July 24, 2026
