Finance: Page 11


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    Miles College to buy shuttered Birmingham-Southern’s campus

    Just miles apart, both institutions struggled with declining enrollment in recent years. But Birmingham-Southern couldn’t rebound financially.

    By Sept. 26, 2024
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    Rising costs, student debt turn graduate degrees into a ‘risky’ proposition, research finds

    Georgetown University researchers said that tuition and fees tripled over two decades, while earnings prospects remain uneven.

    By Sept. 26, 2024
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    How colleges can close the persistent wage gap

    Experts pointed to pay audits, pay transparency, standardizing promotions and improving workplaces as ways to tackle the issue.

    By Danielle McLean • Sept. 26, 2024
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    Arizona State to add tuition surcharge, close 1 campus after state funding cuts

    With a $24 million reduction in public funds, the Arizona university warned of impacts to students.

    By Sept. 24, 2024
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    Could a new Pell program eliminate racial disparities in student debt?

    A wealth-based supplemental financial aid program would even the playing field for Black and Latine students, a new analysis shows.

    By Sept. 24, 2024
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    3 Western Michigan U faculty unions vote no confidence in president

    The resolution comes amid threats of a labor strike after protracted negotiations over compensation and healthcare.

    By Sept. 23, 2024
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    UMGC sued over Coursera payments

    National Student Legal Defense Network took aim at “enrollment-based” compensation the university gives the company — and the guidance allowing for it.

    By Sept. 20, 2024
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    Dartmouth College to pour $500M into student housing

    The Ivy League institution is building its first new residences in 20 years and modernizing others, with help from a big donation.

    By Sept. 18, 2024
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    Gannon University and Ursuline College eye a combination

    The two private Catholic institutions signed a letter of intent that would bring the Ohio-based Ursuline under the umbrella of Gannon, in Pennsylvania.

    By Sept. 17, 2024
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    Hartwick College to slash sticker price to $22,000

    Leaders at the private liberal arts college said the move is part of a broader goal to decrease student stress and improve campus well-being.

    By Sept. 17, 2024
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    University of the Arts files for bankruptcy

    The Philadelphia institution’s Chapter 7 comes after it abruptly closed this summer and its merger talks with Temple University fell through.

    By Sept. 16, 2024
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    Columbia College Chicago looks to cut 10 programs, consolidate others

    The private institution is trying to pare 58 undergraduate majors down to 40 and stem its bleeding budget.

    By Sept. 13, 2024
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    2U emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy

    The online program manager has reorganized as a private company after shedding over $500 million of debt in bankruptcy.

    By Updated Sept. 16, 2024
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    Wittenberg University to cut 5 majors, 40 employees

    The Ohio-based nonprofit is eliminating staff and faculty roles as it tries to balance its budget by fiscal 2027. 

    By Sept. 10, 2024
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    University of Dayton to shed faculty, weigh program cuts

    The private institution has avoided deficits and steep enrollment declines, but wants to maintain ‘relative institutional strength.’

    By Sept. 9, 2024
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    Cal State San Bernardino braces for budget cuts amid $1B system deficit

    With cuts and delays in state higher ed funding, the campus is grappling with a “devastating” budget crisis, its president said.

    By Sept. 6, 2024
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    University of Iowa employee bilked nearly $1M from campus machine shop, audit finds

    A manager of the shop used staff and equipment to do work on behalf of a business he owned, according to a state auditor report.

    By Sept. 5, 2024
  • Rider University cuts student newspaper budget amid wider reductions

    The New Jersey-based private nonprofit has been struggling with declining enrollment and is trying to shrink operating deficits.

    By Sept. 5, 2024
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    Oakland University averts faculty strike with tentative deal

    With negotiations in mediation and a potential work stoppage looming, the Michigan institution agreed to raises for faculty over the next five years.

    By Sept. 4, 2024
  • Two Michigan universities face potential faculty strikes

    Unions at Oakland University and Western Michigan University are pushing their institutions for better compensation amid an uptick in labor stoppages across industries.

    By Updated Sept. 4, 2024
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    Knoxville College takes a step toward accreditation nearly 30 years in the making

    The historically Black institution, which lost accreditation in 1997, filed an application with Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools.

    By Aug. 30, 2024
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    University of the Arts faces full repayment demand from bondholders

    A bank notified the university just two weeks after its closure that the full amount was due. Meanwhile, employees are seeking lost wages.

    By Aug. 29, 2024
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    Temple nixes potential deal with University of the Arts

    Although officials said they aren’t moving forward with a transaction, they noted Temple has enrolled over 330 former and prospective UArts students. 

    By Aug. 29, 2024
  • New York’s Mount Saint Mary College downgraded by Fitch

    Analysts pointed to a recent cyberattack and a competitive market that is likely to weigh on the private nonprofit's finances.

    By Aug. 29, 2024
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    A failed IT project cost UMGC $25.7M. Was poor oversight to blame?

    Noncompetitive contracts and a lack of monitoring have marked dealings between the university and a spin-off entity, a state report found.

    By Aug. 27, 2024