Higher education bonds

LSC plans to submit a proposal to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board that would allow it to offer a Bachelor of Science in emergency management degree under a new state law.

After a year of adjustments made as a result of the pandemic, Baylor University earned a positive outlook on $124 million of new-money revenue bonds.

S&P Global Ratings has fewer universities and colleges with negative outlooks since the beginning of the year.

Illinois public universities reap rewards of federal aid and state rating stabilization.

The measure expands opportunity for lower-income students and broadens geographical reach of college, backers say.

The chief opponent of the measure is the Arizona Board of Regents that governs the state’s three public universities.

The school's debt load will reach $1 billion and Moody's says it's "uncertain" the college can "sustainably return to stonger operating performance."

Texas A&M University System purchased the privatized housing at three campuses through a taxable revenue bond deal.

With its growth only slightly hindered by the pandemic, the University of Texas System aims for savings with refunding deal.

Jonathan Bowles of Center for an Urban Future explores how New York City could benefit from a green public works program. He also calls for unlocking the potential of CUNY and improving the city's capital construction process. Paul Burton hosts (17 minutes).