Can colleges compete with companies like Coursera?

Arthur Levine discusses how trends like personalized education are unfolding, what's driving them, and what can go right or wrong for colleges.

By Rick Seltzer • Sept. 28, 2021

Kentucky State says it needs emergency funding to make it past spring

Regents are asking for money to cover a $15M shortfall from unpaid expenses and a projected $7M gap for the 2022 fiscal year.

By Natalie Schwartz • Updated Oct. 20, 2021

JPMorgan Chase acquires financial planning platform Frank to connect with college students

The bank is hoping its purchase of the company will help it forge deeper relationships that could last long after students leave campus.

By Natalie Schwartz • Sept. 22, 2021

Recent regulatory action signals a turning point for ISAs

A recent CFPB statement that income-share agreements are loans could hurt the financial products — or mark a new era.

By Rick Seltzer • Sept. 21, 2021

Iowa's public universities request $22M in additional funding

The institutions' presidents suggested the additional money is necessary to help them stay competitive with their peers.

By Natalie Schwartz • Sept. 17, 2021

Mills College trustees finalize merger with Northeastern after court order lifted

The 169-year-old Mills will cease to be a women's institution despite a legal challenge from its own alumnae association.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Sept. 15, 2021

Income-share agreements are loans, and provider misled students, CFPB says

The agency's actions underline a tightening regulatory environment for the ISA market, where uncertainty has long pervaded.

By Rick Seltzer • Sept. 8, 2021

No, out-of-state students don't always bring in more revenue, new research suggests

An increase of nonresident students at public colleges was linked to a decrease in per-student tuition revenue, a recent paper found.

By Natalie Schwartz • Sept. 3, 2021

What factors should college leaders consider with consolidations?

New Ithaka S+R research examines the reasoning behind public higher ed mergers and their effects on disadvantaged students.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Aug. 31, 2021

University of Texas at San Antonio to acquire art school

The university's deal for the Southwest School of Art is the latest domino to fall in a steadily consolidating art school market.

By Rick Seltzer • Aug. 24, 2021

How could investing in regional colleges help communities?

Robert Maxim talks about his new Brookings Institution report arguing for a major infusion of federal money into an overlooked group of schools.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Aug. 13, 2021

Surge in pandemic debt forgiveness is about students reenrolling — and also colleges' bottom lines

Federal relief funding means institutions can target retention and receive a financial boost when forgiving student balances.

By Rick Seltzer • Aug. 11, 2021

Ed Department finds closed for-profits owe over $6M

The dollar amounts charged against two for-profits that closed in 2018 may be less important than the direction regulators are signaling, experts say.

By Rick Seltzer • Aug. 10, 2021

Morgan State stops using contract staff, striking at employee inequity

The historically Black institution is converting some of these workers to full-time status with benefits and is also raising its minimum wage to $15 an hour.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Aug. 6, 2021

Digging out of the pandemic's economic turmoil, public colleges hike tuition

These institutions are looking to stabilize their budgets after a tough financial year, but more turbulence may be ahead.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Aug. 4, 2021

UT-Austin, U of Oklahoma accept SEC's membership invitation

The moves are officially planned after a week of positioning but still aren't scheduled to take place for several years.

By Natalie Schwartz • Updated July 30, 2021

Augustana College tests income insurance for transfer students

The program guarantees income for five years after graduation and gives the institution a new way to attract certain students.

By Rick Seltzer • July 21, 2021

Virginia higher ed funding is inequitable and needs reform, report says

One think tank is criticizing public colleges for taking big shares of state dollars without enrolling many low-income students.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • July 21, 2021

Pennsylvania system board votes to merge 6 institutions into 2

The plan intends to correct PASSHE's declining enrollment and unsteady finances, though it attracted bitter faculty and staff opposition.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • July 14, 2021

Inside Iowa Wesleyan University's plan to find better financial footing

The liberal arts school, which was on the brink of closure three years ago, is hoping better retention and a wider recruiting funnel will improve its prospects.

By Natalie Schwartz • July 13, 2021

Fitch raises higher ed outlook but sees growing gaps between colleges

Returns to in-person instruction drive the ratings agency to upgrade the sector to stable, but revenue pressures threaten colleges unevenly.

By Rick Seltzer • July 7, 2021

Mills College alumnae sue to halt possible merger

The two plaintiffs — one of whom currently sits on the college's governing board — allege the institution has withheld key financial information.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • Updated July 7, 2021

Massachusetts bill to boost state higher ed funding gains backing

Dozens of legislators have signed onto the measure, which would send $500 million more annually to public institutions for five years.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • July 6, 2021

Colleges employed fewer hourly staff during the pandemic

Part-time workers saw the biggest decreases, according to the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources.

By Hallie Busta • June 23, 2021

Small and mid-sized colleges underestimate their power to accelerate campus projects

New research finds post-pandemic optimism on stimulus funding, modernization and growth.

June 21, 2021