For many years, the booze flowed only outside of stadiums. Not anymore: Selling beer and wine inside college football stadiums has become the norm over the past decade, a way for schools to bring in more revenue and attract fans who might otherwise be inclined to stay home. According to a survey by The Associated Press of […]

Among the people streaming onto Baker College campuses early this fall were some new faces: federal investigators conducting an unusual review of the marketing and recruitment practices of the Michigan private college. The investigators’ presence is the latest sign of precarious times at the nonprofit college. The U.S. Department of Education, whose investigation into Baker […]

Columbia’s property tax savings, which are a fraction of its $14.3 billion endowment, far exceed the tax breaks granted to many high-profile commercial developments, including large-scale sites like Hudson Yards. Even as Columbia has swallowed up more land, it has taken fewer students from New York City. Since 2010, the number of city students enrolled […]

The university is struggling with the financial toll of dwindling enrollment, revenue lost during the COVID-19 pandemic and an increasing debt load for new building projects. The budget shortfall is projected to grow as high as $75 million in five years. The faculty resolution on Gee said what it called his administration’s poor planning, faulty […]