Higher education insiders predict the nation’s top universities will pass the cost of a looming endowment tax hike onto students and donors, evading a Trump administration push to reduce expenses. Starting next year, the One...
Introduction It has been a difficult season for higher education in America, with high-profile scandals, violent protests, and budget shortfalls within the last year affecting institutions across the country. Increasing numbers of Americans are...
New Jersey City University (NJCU) recently announced a plan to merge with nearby Kean University. The announcement comes after years of financial mismanagement and shrinking enrollment. NJCU is lucky. A merger is much better than going out of...
On March 5, Anna Sillers, ACTA’s Data Analyst Fellow, provided testimony in support of legislation that would require each college and university in the State of Maryland to display on its website a link...
The U.S. Department of Education, the General Services Administration, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a joint notice announcing that the Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism will conduct a “comprehensive...
As a new administration comes into office and Congress begins its first session, the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) calls on our representatives to turn their attention to American higher education and...
In 2016, Louisiana legislators sought to tackle this issue through the Know Before You Build Act, which requires trustees at state universities to publicize building utilization reports by day of week and time of...
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