While headlines focus on Harvard and Columbia, state universities train far more STEM students, power the nation’s research engine and have fewer resources to weather sweeping cuts.
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Writers have mined the region’s turbulent political history to explore how authoritarian rulers bend institutional leaders to their will.
More and more universities are bringing in corporate-style marketing chiefs. New research shows what they’re gaining – and where the returns fall flat.
A new broadly available tax break of up to $1,000 will become available for those giving to a charity if they file on their own. Couples filing jointly may deduct $2,000 from their taxable income.
Donor-imposed restrictions keep colleges and universities from freely determining how and when to spend a large share of their endowment funds.
Increased mistrust of the US medical profession and higher mortality rates are two consequences of the lack of Black doctors.
In the 1980s, university administrators called the police on anti-apartheid protesters, threatened to revoke their scholarships and ordered staff to demolish encampments.
Divestment from Israel may violate state laws – at least for public institutions. Private universities with large endowments may face other obstacles.
The announcement didn’t use the word ‘divest.’ A legal scholar explains why that shouldn’t matter.
Her giving style is unusual for a billionaire donor.
Without government intervention, three experts warn, HBCUs will have a difficult time bouncing back from the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak.
It helps when school leaders are open about their financial struggles before it’s too late to forge a good plan.
There’s no law forcing George Mason University’s allied foundation to make the public university’s donor deals public.
Before you invest your money in going to a particular college, you should figure out if a school is financially healthy enough to keep its doors open, two veteran college administrators warn.
The IRS estimates that up to 40 privately run schools may be affected by this measure in the 2017 tax reform package.
Overall, the growth in giving to public higher ed institutions isn’t compensating for a reduction in funding by the states.
As students head back to campus, the ever higher cost of a college education is once again top of mind. The presidents of Colorado College, Penn State and Xavier University weigh in on what’s to be done.
Universities play a vital role in promoting economic growth, something the writers of the Republican tax plan have apparently forgotten.
Republican lawmakers say the proposed changes to the tax code would ‘streamline’ higher ed benefits. But this overhaul would squeeze many, if not most, students and schools.
Colleges and universities boast US$547 billion in endowment assets, yet only a handful of elite schools would be taxed under the proposal.
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Distinguished Professor of Law, Loyola University Chicago
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Professor of Counseling Psychology, Howard University
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Professor of Public Administration; Director, Center for Local Government, University of Colorado Denver
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Associate Clinical Professor and Director of the Philip C. Cook Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic, Georgia State University
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President, Colorado College
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Lecturer and PhD Candidate UCT Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town
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President, Penn State
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Associate Professor of Business, Boston University
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President, Xavier University of Louisiana, Xavier University of Louisiana
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Professor of International Political Economy, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Samuel DeWitt Proctor Endowed Chair in Education and Distinguished Professor, Rutgers University
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Professor of Technology and Society, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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Senior Vice President, Elon University
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President Emeritus and Professor of Education, Elon University
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