A headline of the Wall Street Journal article of July 28th says: “AI is wrecking an already Fragile Job Market for College Graduates”.[1] The gist of the article is that many companies are installing AI to perform the skills that recent college graduates used to...
Over the weekend, Duke University reported than they had cut more than 660 positions due to changes in Federal Funding. They were not clear if this was due to federal grants or federal grants plus indirect cost recovery funds. Whatever the reason, this is a large...
Every college needs a financial strategy and performance report format that clearly describes how the college moved from the end of the previous fiscal year to the end of the current fiscal year and how the current state of the college will shape the strategy for the...
According to the Higher Ed Dive report of July 17, 2025, Fitch, one of the leading bond rating agencies, sees major operating margin declines in three of its A bond ratings for fifty-six of their rated private colleges. Their report found: Triple A rated colleges,...
As Congress negotiates the 2025 federal budget, the implications for higher education are far-reaching. From student aid cuts to research slowdowns and shifting priorities around workforce development, the debate in Washington is more than a fiscal exercise — it's a...
Clark Universities announced on June 3 that they were cutting 30% of their faculty because of a ‘financial challenges and a dramatically reduced incoming [first year] class.” This is a startling turn of events for a university with a strong academic reputation and...
David Reisman, a renowned commentator on higher education, noted fifty years ago that colleges set revenue to the level of their revenue. A corollary is that colleges add fixed costs to the level of large and predictable sources of revenue, such as federal revenue for...
Colleges and universities are in a high state of anxiety and confusion about the Federal government’s announcement that DEI violates civil rights laws. Their greatest concern is what to do with accreditation mandates that colleges have DEI policies and programs. How...