Higher education bonds

Public finance veterans Marvin Markus and Mark Liff join Siebert as managing directors to focus on expanding the firm's infrastructure and higher education practices.

Governance decisions and rapidly escalating deficits contributed to Moody's decision to cut Illinois Tech's rating two notches to speculative grade.

Midwest borrowing last year went from 11% year-over-year growth in the first quarter to a 48% plunge in the fourth quarter.

With the Permanent University Fund only benefitting the two biggest public universities in Texas, the state legislature will consider creating an endowment for other higher education institutions.

Moody's downgraded St. Mary's College of California to Baa3 with a negative outlook, affecting $53 million in debt issued through the California

S&P Global Ratings raised the state flagship university's rating to AA-minus from A-plus.

Enrollment and inflation-adjusted net tuition trends are negative.

The $200 million bond deal prices next week. The Jesuit school absorbed the nearby University of the Sciences earlier this year.

The state school in Ypsilanti is responding to declining enrollment with a student housing makeover financed through a public-private partnership.

Corporate CUSIPs can reach a different, broader set of investors than even taxable munis and offer more issuing flexibility for well-known universities.