Finance & Operations
Our news, opinion, and advice stories on college finance and operations answer your questions, like:
- How does the business of higher education work?
- How are colleges innovating their financial operations?
'A Lot Less Complicated'
A small number of colleges have long refused federal funds due to their religious identities or a desire to stay lean. Here’s how they balance their budgets.
An Admissions Experiment
By jumping way ahead of the standard admissions schedule, Cornell College hopes to reassure families — and lock a few in early.
Price Disparities
Purchasing records show some colleges are paying three times more than others.
Research Disrupted
HBCUs’ mission-driven effort to serve Black communities could now result in severe budget cuts under Trump’s crusade against DEI. It’s all a big misunderstanding, advocates say.
ON DEMAND: As colleges prioritize retention to support enrollment and financial goals, effective advising is more important than ever. How can institutions set advising up for success? This virtual forum explored how advising is evolving and what campus leaders can do to support lasting change. With Support From InsideTrack. Watch on demand.
The Review | Opinion
The Senate’s proposal is less onerous than the House’s. Here’s how much it could cost your college.
Finance & operations
Facing uncertainty in state and federal funding, the university’s regents approved substantial increases to tuition and cuts to academic programs.
Athletics
Following a historic settlement that allows colleges to pay athletes for the first time, programs are taking subsidies from the main campus to cover new costs.
Access & Affordability
Shuttering the program, which had been expected to lend out about $19 billion annually over the next decade, could make graduate education very costly or unattainable, warns the Council of Graduate Schools.
Executive Privilege
Some new leaders in the state with close ties to Ron DeSantis are earning much more than their predecessors.
