Last October, Brown and three other Providence-based colleges and universities agreed to provide over $177 million in voluntary payments to the city over the course of 20 years. The agreement accounts for the fact that the four non-profit educational institutions do not pay property taxes to Providence.
The cost of higher education, like the cost of everything in the current environment, will continue to be a concern. But a quick look over the data confirms there is still great value in higher education.
The net price full-time students attending four-year private institutions paid in 2024-25 has declined by almost 15% since 2006-07. At four-year publics: 43%
Government investigations are on the rise thanks to a unique fraud-fighting statute, empowering citizens armed with insider information to cry foul—and collect million-dollar settlements.
Funneling colleges' financial aid data and institutional costs into one location will require an unprecedented level of cross-departmental collaboration, says one Title IV expert.
Rescuing Waldorf University’s overwhelmed business affairs department from tracking countless purchases by 130 managers from more than 70 departments In prior years, Waldorf University relied on its parent company to manage procurement processes. When the Waldorf Foundation purchased the private liberal arts school in December 2022, the Business Affairs department was tasked with managing procurement […]
Higher education advocates in Latino communities say they are optimistic about a new federal effort to support hundreds of local colleges and universities. Hispanic-serving institutions, or HSIs, which are not-for-profit schools with a full-time equivalent undergraduate student enrollment that is at least a quarter Hispanic, are vital to the goals of equality in educational and […]
University of Vermont President Suresh Garimella will be switching coasts later this fall after the Board of Regents at the University of Arizona slated him as its next president.
