Economy

The presidents of most of North Dakota's 11 public colleges are getting 3 percent pay increases.

North Dakota State University is attempting to sell a seldom-used private plane that costs more than $5,600 an hour to fly, a university official told lawmakers who have questioned the expense.

During the past two decades, public colleges and universities in Oklahoma have been receiving less and less of their funding from the state. Now, some higher education leaders worry shrinking state support could hamper Oklahoma's college completion goals.

Gov. Chris Gregoire and other political leaders decried a recent agreement giving Western Washington University professors pay raises amid a tough economy.

For years, the University of Central Arkansas has put off giving professors pay raises while the struggling university tried to climb out of fiscal distress, officials said. Now, just as UCA is on the cusp of recovery, faculty members are starting to think about leaving unless they get pay raises soon.

An online petition from students is pressuring the chancellor of the University of Tennessee’s Knoxville campus to forgo a raise of more than $22,000.

The 120-year-old institution is closing due to budget cuts.

Agency contribution to educate students exceeds state funding

The University of Arkansas today launched OpenUA, its expenditure transparency website, to provide online documentation of public expenses paid by all university offices, departments and divisions.