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.
298 articles by Ben Unglesbee
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Faculty salaries grow but still lag pre-pandemic era
April 11, 2025 -
Talladega College lands $15M loan as it cleans up its finances
April 10, 2025 -
East Georgia State to merge into Georgia Southern under Perdue’s plan
April 10, 2025 -
Sonoma State turnaround plan calls for boosting enrollment 20%
April 8, 2025 -
Judge permanently blocks NIH’s plan to cap funding, setting up appeals battle
April 7, 2025 -
UC San Diego preps budget for up to a $500M hit from federal cuts
April 4, 2025 -
Researchers sue NIH over mass cuts to DEI grants
April 3, 2025 -
Scholar warns of chilling speech in higher ed after NYU canceled her presentation
April 2, 2025 -
Rosemont College in Pennsylvania to combine with Villanova University
April 1, 2025 -
Trump administration suspends dozens of Princeton University’s research grants
April 1, 2025 -
Columbia interim president is out after less than 8 months
March 31, 2025 -
University of New Orleans should rejoin LSU system, state board says
March 28, 2025 -
Education Department reopens IDR student loan plan applications
March 27, 2025 -
‘You can’t create 18-year-olds’: What can colleges do amid demographic upheaval?
March 27, 2025 -
University of Pennsylvania ordered to stop work on $175M in federal contracts
March 26, 2025 -
‘Undercutting your future’: What a higher endowment tax would mean for colleges
March 26, 2025 -
AAUP and AFT sue Trump administration over threats to defund Columbia University
March 25, 2025 -
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