University funding/finances
At least 10 Australian universities in the red, after three Victorian institutions notch A$50 million deficits
Concentrating funding on top universities around Beijing and Shanghai risks alienating students forced to settle for less exalted institutions, researchers say
Credit analysts warn of mass job losses, struggling peripheral businesses and homogenisation of the student mix
President offers states three-to-one split on college aid boost alongside 20 per cent rise in Pell Grant
With wealth and donations becoming concentrated in ever fewer, ever more influential hands, and with some institutions languishing while the elite flourish, Paul Basken asks whether it is time for American colleges and universities to start biting the hand that feeds
Ratings agency credits lay-offs, casualisation and course cuts for Australian universities’ ‘relatively robust’ position
Losses far worse than they appear on paper, v-c warns, as institution reels from plunging investment and international income
Trudeau backs spending despite deep deficit, yet still disappoints academic researchers
Polling accompanied by call for Westminster government to set out more details of lifetime learning plans
Action is clearly needed to shore up the USS, but the trustee needs to be more flexible, says Alistair Jarvis
The woeful environmental record of the UK’s research-intensive universities illustrates a lack of leadership and incentives to cut emissions, says Bill Spence
London Higher says government proposal will ‘take away a lifeline’ for city’s universities
Three countries even received double-digit increases in 2020, but with so much new government debt, some fear cuts could be in store further down the line
While concern has centred on vulnerable flows from China, an Indian exodus could prove more devastating
The pandemic experience shows universities of all kinds are willing to be partners for policy delivery, says Debra Humphris
Salary boost might be more effective than legal crackdowns in thwarting international recruiting and funding approaches, argues Oklahoma representative
Higher education priorities include racial and economic diversity, and science
Australian university shrugs off Covid’s financial wrecking ball and even manages to bolster its insurance against future ‘shocks’
Infrastructure plan poised to bring millions of new students as well as billions of research dollars
Huntington accepts separation from Laurentian, but Thorneloe sees danger to students and faculty nationwide
Katherine Fleming tells 色盒直播 event New York University would ‘turn into a gigantic teaching institution for data science’ if it responded to outside pressure
Long-term public and economic health depends on empowering universities, businesses and health systems to work together, says Michael Spence
First institutional accounts reveal mixed results, with many institutions weathering the Covid storm but some plunging into deficit
A strategic rejection of digital instruction is akin to France’s short-sighted attempt to prevent invasion in the 1930s, says Robert Zaretsky
Province appears determined to deploy widely criticised tactic once Covid eases
With overseas enrolments hitting the buffers during the pandemic, debate rages over whether higher education’s excessive reliance on this income stream is self-inflicted – and how universities can keep themselves on the financial rails in future. John Ross reports
Regulator goes ahead with new guidance despite opposition from sector, citing impact of Covid-19 on sector finances
More pain in store for Australian universities, as bankruptcy beckons the colleges and agencies that scaffold their international operations
Further protests hit university campuses as pressure on ‘missing middle’ mounts
Universities face ban on deals with foreign partners that lack ‘institutional autonomy’, as they wrestle with similar demons
Academics say universities are in the dark over their future funding levels, and ‘compulsory’ higher education policy creates overly high expectations for students
Brussels-backed pilot project has borne fruit, but leaders say creating ‘seamless mobility’ across continent has been even more expensive and bureaucratic than expected
Amid the economic ravages inflicted by the coronavirus, the EU has agreed a huge stimulus package. But while research in some countries looks set for a transformational boost, it may be a different story for teaching
Government looking at ways to reduce cost of system as pandemic pushes enrolments up and loan repayments down
Kent says financial outlook is now better after improvement in student recruitment
Measure doubles previous support and sets stage for student loan cancellations
Educational link ‘as bad as it has ever been’, with billions of dollars at stake for universities
New president sets ambitious financial and internationalisation goals
Sector leaders acknowledge ‘errors’ but deny deliberate withholding of pay
Selling ‘the uni experience’ has helped put bums on seats and cash in coffers, but now it’s providing grist for refund-seeking students, says Madeleine Davies
We want commercial success but can’t build it on an empty research larder, university lobby tells Canberra
Wayne State president calls major research institution inappropriate destination for Hispanic-focused funding
Observers detect message that caution on criticism is price of increased funding, but suspect balancing act will be difficult to sustain
The brutal cost-cutting demanded by Covid-19 may finally see intercollegiate athletics cut down to size, says Bruce Svare
The pandemic has prompted dire predictions about international student enrolment at anglophone universities. But will those fears come to pass? Is there an alternative to standard international education? And how much do universities really spend on recruitment agents? Ellie Bothwell reports
As classes resume on Australian campuses, anxieties persist about the year ahead – domestically, and particularly internationally
New funding should be used to lure researchers from industry and overseas, experts say
Too many trustees misunderstand or forget their fiduciary responsibilities and become co-opted by institutional presidents, says James Koch
A global recession will accelerate the latest shift away from high-cost study destinations, say Janet Ilieva and David Pilsbury
Government encourages shift away from reliance on international student revenue, but expert questions whether this is possible
Top-ranked Melbourne the latest to declare a surplus in the face of pandemic
Institutions in Double First Class initiative poaching professors from rivals and creating ‘shadow’ academic posts, says study
Mushrooming university may need to limit its activities to balance the books, new president suggests
Increasing the share of non-tenure-track faculty has no effect on financial health of US public universities, says paper
Former universities minister says there is a danger reforms will focus too narrowly on colleges
Industry operatives’ worst fears could cost universities thousands of staff and country tens of billions of dollars
While president eyes fees-based relief for students, campuses emphasise need to revive traditional means of support
Foreign investment or buyout touted as potential route out of financial woe for institutions, while others see ‘multi-university groups’ as more viable
Author of a comprehensive appraisal of university finances says officials want universities to keep money flows on the straight and narrow
Australian department ‘erroneously’ removed protection for former education minister’s pet courses
