California Governor Gavin Newsom this week released a budget proposal that includes $39.6 billion for higher education and ties the funding to specific affordability, equity, and completion targets.
Topics: Budget
How the University of Houston is diversifying its faculty—on a budget
The University of Houston may not have as many resources as other institutions, but it is proving that you don’t need hundreds of millions to make faculty diversity a priority.
Gap year plans reflect economic disparities
Colleges are anticipating an increase in gap year requests among higher-income students, further complicating institutions’ financial outlook.
Amid wave of lawsuits, experts say students unlikely to see tuition refunds
More than 50 U.S. colleges and universities are facing lawsuits from undergraduate students seeking tuition, room-and-board, and fee refunds, but economists point out that many colleges’ costs have actually increased since the pandemic began.
Education department starts disbursing relief funds, but questions remain
Federal officials are beginning to make available the $14 billion set aside for higher education in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, but college leaders are seeking guidance on how to distribute the limited aid for maximum impact.
How are colleges creating refund policies that balance student needs, institutional resources?
Having asked students to leave campus, many colleges and universities now find themselves navigating another challenge: requests to provide refunds for student housing, meal plans, and other fees.
Pandemic further stresses HBCUs already facing drastic enrollment declines
The coronavirus pandemic has affected all areas of higher education, but historically Black colleges and universities are in a uniquely precarious position.
Public university students are paying more and more—but not at Purdue
Since becoming the president of Purdue University, Mitch Daniels has frozen the land-grant school’s in-state tuition at $9,992 for seven years straight—an anomaly as the cost of higher education rises nationwide.
How soon will students face a $100,000 annual cost of attendance?
The University of Chicago’s annual cost of attendance could soon reach six figures, according to an analysis exploring college sticker prices and the impact of widespread discounting.
Are HBCUs facing a ‘sink-or-swim moment’?
Student debt, federal budget cuts, and rising costs are straining all of higher education, but they are “killing HBCUs,” warns Delece Smith-Barrow, asserting that the federal government must intervene to prevent HBCUs’ extinction.
Recent closures have small, less-selective colleges—and their students—‘on edge’
A growing number of smaller, less-selective colleges are facing declining enrollment and financial hardship—with some forced to close their doors before current students can graduate.
Bennett College’s pledge drive highlights dearth of mega-gifts to HBCUs
Bennett College, a historically Black women’s liberal arts college, recently raised $8.2 million in a push to keep its doors open, but the effort highlighted a perennial challenge: the scarcity of transformational donations to HBCUs.