Financial Health

Four in five institutions could face deficits given stalling domestic enrollment and declines in international recruitment, if higher education regulator warns.

Americans may not be happy with higher education, but regardless of political affiliation, most still see its “value,” according to a new Third Way survey.

The Middle States Commission on Higher Education warns of “misleading information” circulating about the Pennsylvania institution’s dire straits. Students can’t be sure their college will exist come fall.

While declining enrollment and financial challenges are the driving force behind most job and program cuts announced last month, in Texas, politics also played a role.

The small, private institution in New York will shut down at the end of the semester. It’s the latest blow to the Empire State’s higher education landscape.

The updated regulation will require colleges and universities across the country to either raise staff salaries to $58,656 or grant them overtime pay by Jan. 1, 2025.