Finance: Page 12


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    College competition and operational pain are the ‘new normal,’ S&P says

    Margins are down, costs are up and tuition revenue is constrained after the pandemic exacerbated existing challenges, according to a recent report.

    By Oct. 4, 2024
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    Baldwin Wallace University to cut 10 programs, lay off 28 employees

    The institution added to reductions announced earlier this year as it works to balance its budget and manage recent enrollment declines.

    By Oct. 2, 2024
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    Drexel University preps for workforce, benefits cuts after deficit balloons by $22M

    The university blamed its financial woes on an enrollment decline, which leaders linked to the rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid.

    By Oct. 2, 2024
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    The next wave of college cuts is already here

    Institutions continue to ax majors and lay off employees to cope with rising costs and constrained enrollment. 

    By Sept. 30, 2024
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    George Mason University’s law school faces $38M in running losses

    Enrollment at the Antonin Scalia Law School has declined significantly from recent peaks while costs have increased.

    By Sept. 30, 2024
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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