Higher education bonds

The trustees of the University of Pennsylvania entered into a $300 million loan this month as part of a broad strategy to ensure access to liquidity.

Veteran banker Tim Kelly will give Baird's higher education and non-profit sectors a national reach.

The University of California is slated to price $1.5 billion in revenue bonds next week even as it battles Trump administration threats to research funding.

Universities targeted by Donald Trump's crackdown on diversity programs and other policies he says show a liberal bias are essentially bleeding at the negotiating table after taking on debt, laying off hundreds of staff and slashing spending.

Amid higher ed sector headwinds, financially challenged colleges and universities have options, although the choices may be difficult, Orrick attorneys write.

A number of universities have used the capital markets for financing as the Trump administration targets federal funding for higher education.

Columbia College Chicago was lowered one notch to BB-plus from BBB-minus by S&P Global Ratings, citing the school's falling headcount and diminished demand.

A group of local residents in upstate New York is planning to buy the shuttered Cazenovia College campus for $9.5 million.

The comprehensive federal tax bill President Trump signed July 4 is credit negative for universities, Moody's Ratings said.

University of Virginia president James Ryan resigned under White House pressure as the Trump administration pushes higher education to comply with its ideology.