Ben Unglesbee
Senior Reporter | @Ben_UnglesbeeBen Unglesbee is a senior reporter with Higher Ed Dive. Prior to joining, he covered finance, sourcing and other business topics for Supply Chain Dive, Retail Dive, Capitol Forum and the St. Louis Business Journal. He started his reporting career covering higher education at the Lawrence Journal-World. A native Midwesterner, he holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas and master’s from the Missouri School of Journalism.
281 articles by Ben Unglesbee
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AAUP, AFT sue to block Education Department dismantling
March 24, 2025 -
‘Turbulence’ and ‘confusion’: Groups raise alarm over Trump’s push to kill the Education Department
March 21, 2025 -
University of California freezes hiring as it braces for funding cuts
March 20, 2025 -
Moody’s turns negative on higher ed’s financial outlook amid Trump cuts
March 19, 2025 -
St. Norbert College to cut over 2 dozen faculty positions and 20 programs
March 18, 2025 -
Johns Hopkins to lay off 2,200 workers as it reels from Trump’s USAID cuts
March 14, 2025 -
USDA restores funding to University of Maine System
March 13, 2025 -
USDA pauses funding to University of Maine System
March 12, 2025 -
Harvard among latest universities to freeze hiring amid federal funding uncertainty
March 11, 2025 -
New Jersey City University pursues merger with Kean University
March 6, 2025 -
‘Perplexing and distressing’: Johns Hopkins warns of budget cuts amid Trump-era funding chaos
March 5, 2025 -
Transfer enrollment ticked up 4.4% in the fall, report finds
March 5, 2025 -
University of Findlay calls off merger with Bluffton University
Feb. 28, 2025 -
Penn State will close some campuses amid enrollment decline, president says
Feb. 26, 2025 -
DeSantis moves to create Florida’s own DOGE to target college spending
Feb. 25, 2025 -
Struggling California College of the Arts raises $45M to fund turnaround
Feb. 24, 2025 -
NIH cuts remain on hold as judge extends temporary pause
Feb. 21, 2025 -
Northland College to close after turnaround falls short
Feb. 20, 2025 -
Colleges tighten budgets amid NIH funding uncertainty
Feb. 20, 2025 -
Endowments grew 4% in FY2024 on investment returns, donations
Feb. 12, 2025 -
‘Self-inflicted wound’: Widespread alarm as Trump administration slashes NIH funding
Feb. 10, 2025 -
Legacy admissions tumbled dramatically over past decade
Feb. 10, 2025 -
Tennessee State University could run out of cash this spring without help
Feb. 7, 2025 -
This week in 5 numbers: Trump bans transgender students from women’s sports
Feb. 7, 2025 -
Higher ed sees 4.3% jump in state funding for FY2025
Feb. 4, 2025