Higher education 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).

The bonds are coming in three tranches, mixing tax-exempt new money and a taxable refunding.

Philip Howard, chairman of nonprofit Common Good, calls on the incoming Biden administration to improve public agencies, schools and hospitals by reducing cumbersome red tape. Paul Burton hosts. (18 minutes)

Ratings analysts see a darker outlook for higher education in 2021 as the effects of the pandemic continue to erode revenues and enrollment.

The university will begin its two-day retail order period Friday.

A school official called the coronavirus-related hit "a temporary blip," and said the rating agency moved too quickly.

University of Idaho's P3 could be a model for future university deals, according to Wells Fargo bankers.

Moody’s Investors Service revised the outlook on its Aa2 rating to negative ahead of the $96 million deal.

Declining occupancy levels at privatized student housing projects are likely to continue into early 2021 as the sector confronts headwind from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to analysts.

Bond restructurings are expected to save Virginia's public colleges and universities $300 million by deferring debt service payments for two years.

Florida State University's voluntary disclosure on lower dormitory occupancy is an example of providing timely information, Moody's Investors Service said.

Declines are attributed to the pandemic and were highest among first-year students, report says.

The student housing and academic facility that serves the University of Illinois Chicago campus opened in August.