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High Oil Prices Offer Endowment Boost
Oil prices are on a major upswing and paying off for some endowments, even as colleges face pressure to divest from fossil fuels over climate change concerns.
An Outage, Silence and Finally, Acknowledgment of a Cyberattack
For three weeks, Whitworth University stayed mostly mum about network and website outages, prompting speculation about ransomware and frustrating professors and students. Wednesday it acknowledged a cyberattack.
The Campus Child Care Crisis
Emporia State will close its campus child care center next year. Parents are pushing back, highlighting the nationwide shortage of affordable options in higher education and beyond.
Colleges Face a Student Housing Squeeze
Some colleges attribute long wait lists for campus housing to heightened demand for a residential experience following two-plus years of COVID-19 disruptions.
A Cash-Strapped Public University Turns to the Private Sector
Officials at Eastern Michigan University say a new public-private partnership is the only way to solve their student housing woes. Some worry about a slide toward privatization.
Virtual Reality Boosts Students’ Empathy for Nature
VR can complement undergraduate environmental education in meaningful ways—and even offer opportunities and insight that are inaccessible by other means.
A New Plan to Fix Old Buildings
Many public universities face a costly backlog of facilities maintenance and renewal projects. The University of Nebraska is trying a new approach to finance infrastructure repairs well into the future.
Howard’s $785M Investment Far Surpasses Other HBCUs
Most historically Black colleges and universities can’t fix existing facilities, let alone build new ones. In a perennially underfunded sector, Howard University’s $785 million for construction stands out.