How to address cyber threats against higher ed

Colleges are high-value targets for cyberattacks. Leaders who prepare now will be better positioned if one comes, write KPMG experts.

By David Gagnon, Tony Hubbard and Kathy Cruz • June 6, 2022

Here's how Saint Joseph's closed its University of the Sciences acquisition

The Jesuit university's president and provost talk topics running from workforce and integration planning to navigating a controversy over contraception.

By Rick Seltzer • June 3, 2022

Last week's big number: 662,000 fewer undergraduates

A new weekly feature, a recap of last week's major higher ed news, starts off with a stark enrollment statistic.

By Higher Ed Dive Staff • May 30, 2022

How Hampshire College is rebuilding its enrollment

"You have got to be very clear about what you do well and how what you do well matters," President Ed Wingenbach said.

By Rick Seltzer • May 27, 2022

Adults who borrowed for college doubt higher ed's value, survey says

Those with outstanding debt were twice as likely to say the cost of their education outweighed the benefits, according to the Federal Reserve Board.

By Rick Seltzer • May 25, 2022

Private colleges' net tuition revenue from first-year students declined in 2021-22, study finds

The revenue drop comes as tuition discount rates for first-year undergraduates rose to 54.5%, NACUBO found. Selective colleges discounted less than others.

By Rick Seltzer • May 20, 2022

California bill would create revenue-sharing agreement with college athletes

The proposal would apply to public and private institutions. Experts say it represents a significant departure from the NCAA's amateurism model.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • May 12, 2022

Zovio in danger of delisting from Nasdaq

The University of Arizona Global Campus servicer's stock price fell below required levels. It will be removed if it doesn't rebound by the fall.

By Rick Seltzer • May 9, 2022

How a small university flipped 150 acres

Gwynedd Mercy University's president discusses a deal to sell land three years after acquiring it — changing development plans along the way.

By Rick Seltzer • May 6, 2022

Whitman College to meet students' full financial need following $10M gift

A new scholarship will eventually benefit about 500 students in Washington state, about one-third of the liberal arts institution's student body.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • May 4, 2022

Defense research funding for HBCUs, minority institutions lags, report says

The Pentagon trails other federal agencies in share of R&D spending for HBCUs and other institutions with a large share of minority students.

By Laura Spitalniak • April 29, 2022

Higher ed faces shrinking workforce and pay increases outpaced by inflation

Trends have been worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new workforce survey for 2021-22 from CUPA-HR.

By Laura Spitalniak • April 27, 2022

Marymount California University to shut down following merger attempt

Catholic institution says it will close permanently after effort to join Florida-based Saint Leo University failed.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 25, 2022

Saint Leo and Marymount California universities abandon merger plan

The consolidation of the two Catholic institutions hit a roadblock after an accreditor declined to endorse it last year.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 21, 2022

Report can't determine why thousands of student loans hadn't been forgiven under Income-Driven Repayment

Just 157 loans were forgiven as Income-Driven Repayment was hurt by communication and data failures, the Government Accountability Office found.

By Rick Seltzer • April 20, 2022

Tenure is under attack, so why do college presidents have retreat rights?

Lawmakers are unwinding tenure protections for researchers and instructors. But presidents who stopped publishing and teaching are guaranteed faculty jobs.

By Judith Wilde and James Finkelstein • April 19, 2022

Dollar General introduces no-cost degree program for employees

Employees and their families also will have access to general education courses.

By Emilie Shumway • April 15, 2022

Williams College ditches loans and work requirements from financial aid packages

Private nonprofit college expects its financial aid budget to grow 10% to $77.5M as a result of access-oriented changes for its 2,121 undergraduates.

By Rick Seltzer • April 13, 2022

Inflation and labor shortages set to squeeze college budgets, Moody's says

Ratings agency expects employment pressures to hit colleges as enrollment and federal pandemic aid wane, pinching budgets in 2023 and beyond.

By Rick Seltzer • April 13, 2022

How merger-curious colleges can find mission-aligned dance partners

College leaders have options for M&A processes meeting their fiduciary duty, writes a partner at a group specializing in complex nonprofit transactions.

By John MacIntosh • April 11, 2022

California weighs $100M for community college cybersecurity amid application fraud

The funding would partly go toward hiring cybersecurity staff after the system was flooded with fake student applications last year.

By Natalie Schwartz • April 6, 2022

Report: Public research universities spent 70% of federal pandemic relief

APLU members have used $14.5 billion of $20.7 billion allocated to them so far, the association said Wednesday.

By Rick Seltzer • April 6, 2022

Fraudulent student applications targeted Salt Lake Community College

Officials suspect fake applications were an attempt to steal coronavirus relief and financial aid funding. They say they caught on before disbursing money.

By Rick Seltzer • April 4, 2022

Free college didn't die with federal inaction. It moved.

Free college's momentum shifted from the federal level to state and local programs, signaling the movement's durability. How will it change institutions?

By Lilah Burke • April 4, 2022

Lincoln College, a predominantly Black institution, to close in May

The 157-year-old private nonprofit in Illinois said the pandemic and a cyberattack exacerbated existing enrollment challenges.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • March 31, 2022