From a requested audit into one system’s financial management to discipline handed down to Harvard University faculty, here are our top-line figures from some of our biggest stories of the week.
By the numbers
$1,114
The amount the chancellor of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system spent on restaurants one week in September 2023, according to an investigation by CT Insider. The state’s governor, Ned Lamont, requested an audit into the system’s financial management following the report, which also found examples of spending that may have broken state or institutional rules.
25
The number of Harvard faculty whose access to the Ivy League institution’s main library was suspended after they held a “study-in” demonstration to protest similar discipline handed down to students. One free speech advocate expressed concerns over punishing faculty for a demonstration that seemed nondisruptive.
8.1%
The increase in applications to graduate business programs in the U.S. for the 2024-25 academic year, according to the Graduate Management Admission Council. Prospective students flocked to both in-person and online options.
5%
The decline in first-year student enrollment this fall, according to preliminary data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Higher education experts broke down what the early data means and what could be behind the decline.
33%
The share of public four-year colleges that the National College Attainment Network deemed affordable during the 2021-22 academic year. That’s up from 24% two years prior — an improvement researchers attributed to pandemic-related aid given to students at the time.
