The Intimate Connection Between Harvard and Jeffrey Epstein
Harvard gave Epstein office space and easy access to the university, though he wasn't an employee nor did he teach a class. On the Boston Globe.
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Coronabucks Propping Up Mismanaged Colleges
The vast majority of schools under heightened cash monitored by the federal government received stimulus funds. On Real Clear Investigations.
A Canceled Academic Publisher Merger
McGraw-Hill and Cengage have called out their merger, which would have created a company with 30 percent market share in the academic textbook business. On Education Dive.
‘Disposable Scholars’ Help the University Thrive
Adjunct faculty are the most marginal on campus and the first to be cut. On The Chronicle of Higher Education.
How a Community College Lost $2.5 Million on a Fitness Center
Muskegon Community College lost $500,000 on average for the last five years running the fitness center, open to students and the public alike. On Mlive.
$89 Million for Colleges in State Bailout
UNC will get $44 million, community colleges will get $25 million, and private colleges will get $20 million. On the Carolina Journal.
An Extra $1 Billion for Minority-Serving Schools
The Department of Education will direct extra cash for HBCUs and tribal colleges to help them weather the coronavirus. On Education Dive.
‘Every Source of Funding Is In Doubt’
Higher ed now faces financial pressures that are going to close schools that survived depressions, wars, and everything else. On The Wall Street Journal.
The Sticky Situation of University Finances
Bad incentives and legal rules have encouraged college endowments to be structured in a way that's uniquely vulnerable to economic crashes. On John Cochrane.
UNC System Aiming to Reopen Campuses in the Fall
Bill Roper said he expects some changes and modifications, but campusees will be open in the fall. On WRAL.