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Universities, Inc.

Universities run much like any other human institutions, something that seems as obvious as it has long been misunderstood. They need revenue, market themselves, and in general serve their self interest. We look at how American higher education operates in ways that many Americans may not know.

Posted inHigher Education

Colleges are now closing at a pace of one a week. What happens to the students?

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus April 26, 2024May 22, 2024

It was when the shuttle bus stopped coming that Luka Fernandes began to worry. This story also appeared in The Washington Post Fernandes was a student at Newbury College near Boston whose enrollment had declined in the previous two decades from more than 5,300 to about 600. “Things started closing down,” Fernandes remembered. “There was […]

Posted inHigher Education

A campaign to prod high school students into college tries a new tack: Making it simple

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus December 30, 2023December 28, 2023
Posted inUniversities, Inc.

MIT, Yale and other elite colleges are finally reaching out to rural students

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus December 22, 2023January 16, 2024
Posted inHigher Education

When a Hawaii college sets up shop in Las Vegas: Universities chase students wherever they are

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus December 22, 2023December 22, 2023
Posted inUniversities, Inc.

Columbia and N.Y.U. would lose $327 million in tax breaks under proposal

Avatar photo by Matthew Haag and Meredith Kolodner December 10, 2023December 11, 2023
Posted inUniversities, Inc.

College leaders refocus attention on their students’ top priority: Jobs after graduation

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus November 24, 2023November 27, 2023
Posted inOpinion

OPINION: Legacy admissions are unnecessary, raise moral concerns and exclude deserving students

by Patricia Illingworth November 7, 2023November 6, 2023
Posted inUniversities, Inc.

Canada treats its adjunct professors better than the U.S. does – and it pays off for students 

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus October 28, 2023October 30, 2023
Posted inUniversities, Inc.

‘The untouchables’: How Columbia and N.Y.U. benefit from property tax breaks

Avatar photo by Meredith Kolodner and Matthew Haag September 26, 2023September 26, 2023
Posted inHigher Education

‘August surprise’: That college scholarship you earned might not count

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus August 2, 2023August 18, 2023

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