Finance

Budget cuts at the National Center for Education Statistics signal future disruptions to data collection, sounding the alarm for higher education planning.

Institutions are contracting due to a variety of pressures, and this report believes staff cuts can lighten their budgets without hurting quality.

President Trump's calls for reduced federal spending threaten to saddle states with more obligations. This could reduce discretionary spending on higher education, according to one expert from SHEEO.

College and university endowments expanded by 4% in fiscal year 2024 thanks to improved annual returns and gift-giving, according to the annual NACUBO-Commonfund Study.

Outcomes-based funding formulas could push institutions to help students secure well-paying careers, asserts this whitepaper from The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity.

The University of New Orleans, a public institution, announced last week it will furlough full-time employees and may also layoff some positions to close its "significant structural budget deficit."