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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?
Finance & Operations
By Lee Gardner December 12, 2025
Leaders say cuts are necessary to close a $48-million budget hole.
Financial Aid
By Claire Murphy December 12, 2025
The Education Department on Friday finalized proposed regulations for a policy that will allow low-income students to use Pell Grants for nondegree programs.
Investigation
By Katherine Mangan, Peter Elkind December 12, 2025
How the government ignored due process to gin up its attack on the University of California.
Power Challenge
By Adrienne Lu December 9, 2025
Portland State says the arbitrator went too far.
Finance Fatigue
By Sonel Cutler December 8, 2025
Rider University in New Jersey is right-sizing after being placed on probation by its accreditor. But an exhausted faculty is losing faith after several rounds of reductions.
Web of influence
By Karin Fischer December 4, 2025
His effort to punish universities could have a billion-dollar ripple effect.
Shaky ground
By Megan Zahneis December 3, 2025
The Trump administration’s policies, and institutional budget cuts, are straining the delivery of master’s and doctoral degrees.
The Review | Essay
By Hollis Robbins December 3, 2025
Chasing an idealized past has undermined higher ed’s present.
Tulsa Turmoil
By Megan Zahneis December 2, 2025
The U. of Tulsa was a commuter campus that tried — and tried again — to become a regional powerhouse. Now it’s drowning in red ink.
Finance
By Adrienne Lu November 21, 2025
An arbitrator says Portland State must reinstate 10 faculty members who were laid off.