246 articles by Ben Unglesbee

• University of New Orleans turns to furloughs to plug $10M budget hole

  Jan. 21, 2025

• University of the Arts unloads 2 buildings for $10.3M in auctions

  Jan. 16, 2025

• Webster University touts financial turnaround

  Jan. 16, 2025

• Education Department discharges $4.5B in loans for former Ashford University students

  Jan. 15, 2025

• Pennsylvania AG argues Temple should win bid for UArts building

  Jan. 15, 2025

• California university systems warn of dire effects from governor’s proposed cuts

  Jan. 13, 2025

• University of the Arts lands $8.3M in bids for 2 buildings

  Jan. 10, 2025

• 6 higher education trends to watch in 2025

  Jan. 9, 2025

• UT Austin president departing for Southern Methodist University

  Jan. 8, 2025

• State AG looks to halt $1.9M payment to Western New Mexico University president

  Jan. 7, 2025

• Top regents at Western New Mexico University depart amid state scrutiny

  Jan. 6, 2025

• How NACUBO is helping colleges navigate choppy financial waters

  Jan. 6, 2025

• Gannon University and Ursuline College announce official merger deal

  Jan. 3, 2025

• Keystone College staves off accreditation loss for now

  Jan. 2, 2025

• Audit sheds light on state-issued credit card misuse in the Connecticut college system

  Dec. 19, 2024

• Brown University to slow faculty, staff growth as it attacks $90M budget hole

  Dec. 18, 2024

• Columbia College Chicago to cut 11 programs, up to 25 faculty jobs

  Dec. 18, 2024

• Inside University of the District of Columbia’s plan to transform

  Dec. 17, 2024

• College operating costs rose 3.4% in fiscal 2024

  Dec. 16, 2024

• This week in 5 numbers: The coming decline in high school graduates

  Dec. 13, 2024

• Saint Augustine’s University fights for its accreditation — again

  Dec. 11, 2024

• High school graduates to peak in 2025, with slightly deeper-than-expected declines ahead

  Dec. 11, 2024

• How will colleges fare financially in 2025? It depends.

  Dec. 9, 2024

• Seattle University plans to acquire arts college

  Dec. 6, 2024

• 2U to exit boot camps in favor of microcredentials

  Dec. 6, 2024

• College closures could increase sharply in the face of the demographic cliff

  Dec. 5, 2024

• No letup in financial pressure on colleges in 2025, Fitch says

  Dec. 4, 2024

• How equitable is funding for public colleges?

  Dec. 4, 2024

• Union raises alarm about looming layoffs and course cuts at University of Michigan-Dearborn

  Dec. 3, 2024

• Keystone College could lose accreditation after MSCHE vote

  Nov. 27, 2024

• Birmingham-Southern College campus sale falls through

  Nov. 27, 2024

• Saint Augustine’s University cuts its workforce in half to shore up finances

  Nov. 25, 2024

• Cal Maritime and Cal Poly set to merge

  Nov. 22, 2024

• As Anderson University struggles with deficits, Fitch’s outlook turns negative

  Nov. 21, 2024

• Drexel University to cut 60 staffers

  Nov. 21, 2024

• Fitch raises outlook for New Jersey City University

  Nov. 18, 2024

• Tennessee State stayed afloat thanks to a $43M injection from the state. What comes next?

  Nov. 18, 2024

• Enrollment in Georgia public university system spikes nearly 6%

  Nov. 13, 2024

• Christian Brothers University says its poised to come off accreditor probation

  Nov. 12, 2024

• Grand Canyon CEO expects a friendlier Education Department under Trump

  Nov. 7, 2024

• Appeals court backs Sweet v. Cardona settlement

  Nov. 6, 2024

• University of Akron braces for workforce cuts

  Nov. 5, 2024

• States are taking on fewer college costs. Who is picking up the bill?

  Nov. 5, 2024

• Webster University to close its military campuses

  Nov. 1, 2024

• Ohio’s Central State University placed under fiscal watch

  Oct. 29, 2024

• Low-income students work more amid rising college costs, analysis finds

  Oct. 24, 2024

• Vanderbilt University gets approval for $520M Florida graduate campus

  Oct. 23, 2024

• Net tuition ticks up 2% at private colleges, declines at public institutions

  Oct. 23, 2024

• Saint Louis University lays off 23 staffers, eliminates 130 positions

  Oct. 21, 2024

• Walden University’s $28.5M class-action settlement with students gets court approval

  Oct. 18, 2024

• Nearly 90 Portland State University faculty face potential layoffs

  Oct. 17, 2024

• Western Washington University to nix about 55 jobs amid $18M budget cut

  Oct. 16, 2024

• Financial pressure grows for colleges, Fitch says

  Oct. 15, 2024

• Where the 2024 presidential candidates stand on higher education issues

  Oct. 14, 2024

• The fallout: A two-part look at the University of the Arts’ closure and legacy

  Oct. 14, 2024

• 3 Virginia universities face some viability risk

  Oct. 10, 2024

• S&P: Community colleges lifted by improved enrollment and finances

  Oct. 10, 2024

• The fallout: The University of the Arts saga lives on — will its legacy?

  Oct. 9, 2024

• The fallout: University of the Arts haunted by unanswered questions months after sudden closure

  Oct. 8, 2024

• 2U CEO steps down

  Oct. 4, 2024

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

  Oct. 4, 2024

• Baldwin Wallace University to cut 10 programs, lay off 28 employees

  Oct. 2, 2024

• Drexel University preps for workforce, benefits cuts after deficit balloons by $22M

  Oct. 2, 2024

• George Mason University’s law school faces $38M in running losses

  Sept. 30, 2024

• The next wave of college cuts is already here

  Sept. 30, 2024

• What traits make a great college president?

  Sept. 27, 2024

• This week in 5 numbers: No answer at the Education Department’s FAFSA call center

  Sept. 27, 2024

• Miles College to buy shuttered Birmingham-Southern’s campus

  Sept. 26, 2024

• Rising costs, student debt turn graduate degrees into a ‘risky’ proposition, research finds

  Sept. 26, 2024

• Arizona State to add tuition surcharge, close 1 campus after state funding cuts

  Sept. 24, 2024

• Princeton, MIT, Harvard sit atop U.S. News college rankings — again

  Sept. 24, 2024

• 3 Western Michigan U faculty unions vote no confidence in president

  Sept. 23, 2024

• UMGC sued over Coursera payments

  Sept. 20, 2024

• Dartmouth College to pour $500M into student housing

  Sept. 18, 2024

• Gannon University and Ursuline College eye a combination

  Sept. 17, 2024

• University of the Arts files for bankruptcy

  Sept. 16, 2024

• Columbia College Chicago looks to cut 10 programs, consolidate others

  Sept. 13, 2024

• 2U emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy

  Sept. 11, 2024

• Wittenberg University to cut 5 majors, 40 employees

  Sept. 10, 2024

• University of Dayton to shed faculty, weigh program cuts

  Sept. 9, 2024

• Cal State San Bernardino braces for budget cuts amid $1B system deficit

  Sept. 6, 2024

• University of Iowa employee bilked nearly $1M from campus machine shop, audit finds

  Sept. 5, 2024

• Rider University cuts student newspaper budget amid wider reductions

  Sept. 5, 2024

• Oakland University averts faculty strike with tentative deal

  Sept. 4, 2024

• Two Michigan universities face potential faculty strikes

  Sept. 3, 2024

• Knoxville College takes a step toward accreditation nearly 30 years in the making

  Aug. 30, 2024

• University of the Arts faces full repayment demand from bondholders

  Aug. 29, 2024

• Temple nixes potential deal with University of the Arts

  Aug. 29, 2024

• New York’s Mount Saint Mary College downgraded by Fitch

  Aug. 29, 2024

• A failed IT project cost UMGC $25.7M. Was poor oversight to blame?

  Aug. 27, 2024

• A ‘hidden liability’: Colleges face up to $950B in capital needs, Moody’s says

  Aug. 27, 2024

• UC Santa Cruz turns to layoffs to grapple with $107M deficit

  Aug. 23, 2024

• Universities of Wisconsin president calls for $855M in new state funding

  Aug. 20, 2024

• Keystone College agrees to merge with D.C.-based nonprofit

  Aug. 19, 2024

• Saint Augustine’s delays fall semester after damage from Tropical Storm Debby

  Aug. 16, 2024

• Over 30 tenured faculty face layoffs under University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee plan

  Aug. 15, 2024

• Lackawanna and Peirce colleges to merge

  Aug. 14, 2024

• Western Illinois University to cut nearly 90 faculty and staff roles

  Aug. 12, 2024

• Universities face constraints in efforts to build more graduate student housing, Moody’s says

  Aug. 8, 2024

• How 2U’s bankruptcy shed light on the company and OPM market

  Aug. 2, 2024

• University of New Orleans cuts over 70 positions

  July 31, 2024

• 2U looks to pay $20.8M it owes to university clients during bankruptcy

  July 30, 2024

• 2U looks to shed leases for office space amid bankruptcy

  July 29, 2024

• A look at 2U’s path to bankruptcy

  July 26, 2024

• 2U files for bankruptcy

  July 25, 2024

• PASSHE chancellor to leave post in October

  July 24, 2024

• AFT sues MOHELA, alleging student loan servicer ‘misleads and misinforms’ borrowers

  July 24, 2024

• Sen. Durbin calls on Education Department to protect students at 2 shuttering for-profits

  July 22, 2024

• Sticker shock: A look at the complicated world of tuition pricing

  July 22, 2024

• Florida for-profit City College to close

  July 19, 2024

• Enrollment woes hit both private and public colleges in 2023, S&P reports

  July 19, 2024

• Union files new charges of unfair labor practices against University of the Arts

  July 17, 2024

• What a tough private equity environment could mean for university endowments

  July 17, 2024

• Private colleges likely won’t see big net tuition growth anytime soon, Fitch says

  July 15, 2024

• Pennsylvania’s budget leaves funds flat for Penn State and others

  July 12, 2024

• Wisconsin’s public university leaders will get a 15% bonus — if they meet retention goals

  July 10, 2024

• For-profit Northwestern College closes abruptly

  July 8, 2024

• Hampshire College to cut 9% of employees in restructuring

  July 1, 2024

• ‘We can’t cut anymore’: Can colleges recover from the gut-punch of inflation?

  July 1, 2024

• Keystone College cuts employees and programs to help save $3.5M

  June 27, 2024

• Eastern Nazarene College in Massachusetts to close

  June 26, 2024

• Concordia University Ann Arbor to cut most programs

  June 25, 2024

• More colleges are breaching their debt requirements: S&P

  June 25, 2024

• University of Arizona narrows its budget gap to $52M

  June 21, 2024

• Hampshire College cuts some employee benefits to rein in budget

  June 20, 2024

• Arizona public universities face multimillion dollar cuts under new state budget

  June 18, 2024

• Alverno College to cut 14 majors after declaring financial exigency

  June 17, 2024

• Grand Canyon Education accused of racketeering scheme in new class action

  June 13, 2024

• St. Cloud State University saves 4 programs from the chopping block

  June 13, 2024

• Pittsburgh Technical College to close

  June 11, 2024

• Pittsburgh Technical in ‘imminent’ danger of closing, MSCHE says

  June 10, 2024

• Inside the final, chaotic days of Goddard College

  June 7, 2024

• A thousand cuts: A look at colleges making restructuring moves

  June 7, 2024

• University of the Arts’ accreditor looks to correct the record on closure timeline

  June 6, 2024

• Columbia College Chicago axes 70 positions on campus

  June 5, 2024

• University of the Arts president resigns days after abrupt closure announcement

  June 5, 2024

• University of the Arts announces abrupt closure, citing unexpected cash shortfall and expenses

  June 3, 2024

• University of Lynchburg to cut programs, staff and faculty positions

  May 31, 2024

• AAUP calls out think tanks for ‘culture war against higher education’

  May 30, 2024

• Marymount Manhattan College to merge with Northeastern University

  May 29, 2024

• Delaware arts college to shutter, citing falling enrollment and FAFSA challenges

  May 28, 2024

• Northland College to cut 9 faculty spots

  May 24, 2024

• St. Catherine University eliminates staff roles as it grapples with deficits

  May 24, 2024

• Private equity-backed venture wants to cash in on college sports

  May 24, 2024

• Facing ‘existential threat,’ Columbia College Chicago moves to restructure curricula and schools

  May 23, 2024

• Eastern Oregon University slashes budget by nearly $5M to close deficit

  May 17, 2024

• Financially struggling 2U adds 6 new programs to Pepperdine University partnership

  May 17, 2024

• Dartmouth College is investing $500M to become a sustainability leader. Will others follow?

  May 16, 2024

• Delta State budget plan would cut about 20 degrees

  May 15, 2024

• Penn State offers buyouts in budget-cutting effort

  May 10, 2024

• ‘A matter of right-sizing’: A look at St. Cloud State’s plan to cut 46 degrees

  May 8, 2024

• Columbus State Community College pares back staff to close budget gap

  May 7, 2024

• University of Minnesota plan would cut budgets, raise tuition amid 3.3% cost increase

  May 7, 2024

• After brush with closure, Northland College unveils plan to downsize

  May 2, 2024

• Biden administration to forgive $6.1B in loans for former Art Institutes students

  May 1, 2024

• Drake University to cut 3 academic programs as it tries to balance budget

  April 30, 2024

• University of Saint Katherine shuts down after less than 15 years

  April 30, 2024

• For-profit North Coast College plans to shutter in August

  April 26, 2024

• University of St. Thomas cuts staff amid $10.5M budget shortfall

  April 24, 2024

• Northland officials sound a hopeful note after ‘transformative’ donations

  April 24, 2024

• How University of Arizona plans to shrink its deficit by $110M

  April 24, 2024

• Waiting too long can doom a college merger, experts say

  April 19, 2024

• If AI takes over more work of college graduates, where does that leave higher ed?

  April 18, 2024

• ‘We are not hospice’: The race to get faster in predicting college shutdowns

  April 18, 2024

• Greater financial strains loom over Wisconsin’s public universities, review finds

  April 12, 2024

• Ohio’s Sinclair Community College to shutter 2 locations

  April 11, 2024

• Goddard College in Vermont to close

  April 10, 2024

• Broward College launches search to find permanent leader

  April 9, 2024

• Federal court blocks borrower defense rules, says legal challenge will likely succeed

  April 8, 2024

• Northland College misses fundraising target, but will stay open — for now

  April 5, 2024

• Education Department is ‘concerned’ about potential OPM failures as groups sound alarm on 2U

  April 5, 2024

• Campus spending on existing buildings jumped over 26% in 2023

  April 5, 2024

• Northland College raises $1M on its last-ditch $12M goal

  April 2, 2024

• Gainful employment reporting delayed amid political pressure

  April 1, 2024

• Private equity's role in the rise — and fall — of for-profit colleges

  May 6, 2019

• Judge orders end to Dream Center's ill-fated receivership

  April 30, 2019

• Arizona State students demand Cengage partnership investigated

  April 29, 2019

• InStride adds 2nd university partner

  April 26, 2019

• How blockchain, virtual assistants and AI are changing higher ed

  April 25, 2019

• Sudden death: Can the most damaging kind of for-profit closure be prevented?

  April 24, 2019

• As National American U faces possible closure, Ed Dept tightens oversight

  April 16, 2019

• Why Arizona State is using a for-profit to help expand workforce partnerships

  April 16, 2019

• Are boot camps the higher ed disruptors they claim to be?

  April 16, 2019

• Southern New Hampshire U to add West Coast operations center

  April 12, 2019

• Bridgepoint acquires tutoring platform TutorMe as it rebrands

  April 9, 2019

• Report: Higher ed corruption is a global problem

  April 8, 2019

• In win for Ed Dept, negotiators agree on new accreditation rules

  April 4, 2019

• Nonprofit National University System launching workforce development arm

  April 4, 2019

• Do donations influence college admissions?

  April 2, 2019

• For-profit online students drawn by convenience but left 'disappointed'

  April 1, 2019

• Report: Many colleges continue to lag on cost transparency

  March 28, 2019

• Think tank shares blueprint for accreditation's future

  March 27, 2019

• Grand Canyon U's online seminary wins accreditation

  March 25, 2019

• Report: More college closures ahead

  March 22, 2019

• By the numbers: A look at for-profits' latest quarter

  March 20, 2019

• How the wealthiest colleges manage their endowments in a financial crisis

  March 19, 2019

• Report: 5 models for how colleges can rethink credentials

  March 14, 2019

• Timeline: How Dream Center’s higher ed bid went off the rails

  March 13, 2019

• Bridgepoint to acquire coding boot camp Fullstack Academy

  March 13, 2019

• Ed Dept recommends bankruptcy for Dream Center

  March 11, 2019

• What's at stake in a possible accreditation overhaul

  March 7, 2019

• Receiver says Dream Center is 'insolvent,' plans to sell or close campuses

  March 6, 2019

• Nevada lays out broad higher ed partnership with Mexican state

  March 5, 2019

• Ed Dept pulls Argosy U’s Title IV access in blow to Dream Center

  Feb. 28, 2019

• Will National American U's online pivot be enough to keep it alive?

  Feb. 26, 2019

• Dream Center receiver sues groups that took over Art Institutes

  Feb. 25, 2019

• Amid growing scrutiny, Dream Center receiver says Title IV funds ‘not missing’

  Feb. 20, 2019

• Wright State moves on from strike, but colleges face more 'contentious' bargaining ahead

  Feb. 19, 2019

• Ed Dept. backpedals its proposed distance learning stance with latest revision

  Feb. 14, 2019

• Art Institute deal left Dream Center in 'dire' situation, receiver says

  Feb. 13, 2019

• For-profit Bridgepoint hires new strategy chief as it retools

  Feb. 12, 2019

• IBM invests $2B for SUNY artificial intelligence hub

  Feb. 11, 2019

• 3 Art Institutes in limbo have possible buyers, receiver says

  Feb. 8, 2019

• For-profit Laureate sells St. Augustine for $400M, holds onto Walden U

  Feb. 7, 2019

• As borrower defense gets another rewrite, for-profits wrestle with uncertainty

  Feb. 7, 2019

• Uncertainty looms as 2 more Art Institutes prepare to close

  Feb. 1, 2019

• College endowment growth slows as spending picks up

  Feb. 1, 2019

• On for-profits' horizon: more regulatory uncertainty, closures

  Jan. 31, 2019

• Ed Dept. 'not wedded' to its proposed accreditation rules

  Jan. 30, 2019

• 4 lessons on 'liberal' education's future

  Jan. 28, 2019

• How Mills College transformed its 'deficit culture'

  Jan. 25, 2019

• For-profit National American U raises doubts about survival

  Jan. 24, 2019

• How buying the Art Institutes brought Dream Center to the brink of collapse

  Jan. 23, 2019

• How state agencies prepared for the chaos of ECA's abrupt closure

  Jan. 22, 2019

• Ed Department allows state regulators at the rulemaking table — but not AGs

  Jan. 18, 2019

• New York Gov. Cuomo proposes tougher rules on for-profits, student loan servicers

  Jan. 17, 2019

• Facing insolvency, Dream Center is unloading Art Institutes

  Jan. 16, 2019

• Farm bill gives some HBCUs' budgets wiggle room

  Jan. 14, 2019

• CUNY close to choosing new chancellor after 2 contenders reportedly drop out

  Jan. 11, 2019

• Investors bet $30M more on Lambda School's income-share tuition model

  Jan. 10, 2019

• Nonprofit National University System finalizes acquisition of for-profit college

  Jan. 8, 2019

• 9 higher ed trends to watch in 2019

  Jan. 7, 2019

• For-profit trade group urges Democrats to ease takeovers of troubled colleges

  Jan. 7, 2019

• Career Education settles 5-year inquiry over marketing practices

  Jan. 4, 2019

• For-profit National American University exits Nasdaq

  Jan. 3, 2019

• After Midwest for-profit Vatterott's closure, colleges line up to take on students

  Dec. 21, 2018

• How Amazon HQ2's arrival is kicking a higher ed expansion into gear

  Dec. 20, 2018

• Grand Canyon Education buys Orbis Education Services for $362.5M

  Dec. 19, 2018

• Ed Department alerts ECA students to transfer, discharge options

  Dec. 17, 2018

• Undergrad headcount rose during a bruising decade — but not everywhere

  Dec. 14, 2018

• Salaries of the highest-paid public college chiefs up 28%

  Dec. 12, 2018

• Dream Center sued over claims it misled students on Art Institutes accreditation

  Dec. 11, 2018

• U of Minnesota names Joan Gabel as first female president

  Dec. 10, 2018

• Higher ed consolidation could pick up in 2019, Fitch says

  Dec. 7, 2018

• Education Corporation of America shuts down after ACICS pulls accreditation

  Dec. 6, 2018

• Harvard looks to dismiss lawsuit over single-gender club policy

  Dec. 4, 2018