From Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s vision to improve the state’s higher education to budget blows to Arizona’s public universities, here are the top-line figures from some of our biggest stories of the week.
By the numbers
200+
The number of meetings held by Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration since January, as the Democrat sought to revamp the state’s higher education landscape. His final plan calls for creating a statewide higher education board and lowering college costs for students, but Republicans have their own proposals.
$6.6 million
The funding the University of Arizona will lose under the state’s new budget for fiscal 2025 — potentially compounding the institution’s existing multimillion-dollar budget deficit. Northern Arizona University will see a $4.1 million cut, while Arizona State University will lose $11 million.
14
The undergraduate majors that will be cut under Alverno College’s plan to trim its academic portfolio. The Wisconsin-based Catholic college will also eliminate two graduate programs and suspend others.
53,000
The number of degree programs a free market think tank analyzed to calculate their return on investment. One of the group’s researchers, Preston Cooper, spoke with Higher Ed Dive about what went into the analysis.
100+
The number of ongoing U.S. Department of Education investigations into complaints about shared ancestry discrimination at colleges and K-12 schools opened after the Israel-Hamas war broke out. The agency finished two of those reviews this week, finding that the University of Michigan and the City University of New York didn’t take the right steps to handle these complaints.
