Higher education bonds

One of the largest P3s in the university energy space has landed in court three years into a 50-year contract.

Illinois' public universities continue to reap ratings and aid benefits from the state's positive rating trajectory and healthy near-term revenue landscape.

Iowa Wesleyan University's pitch to the state government for federal COVID-19 relief funds fell short, and the school plans to close its doors.

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.

There is chatter about a restructuring of UPR bonds, which have been paid throughout the territory's bankruptcy; the university's accreditation is a factor.

Between them, the California State University trustees and University of California regents have sold more than $23 billion of bonds since 2017.

Cybercrime, inflation and more severe storms are among the increased risk factors confronting colleges and universities in the Southeast.

MSU must find a new president after friction between board members and the president hired in the wake of the Larry Nassar scandals led to his resignation.

Texas university lands in the Permian Basin, which face a potential EPA crackdown, generated $2.124 billion for the Permanent University Fund in fiscal 2022.

A Rhode Island GO deal pricing next week includes $100 million for public schools; a measure on the ballot in November would authorize $250 million more.

Fitch is bulking up its public finance group with the addition of six municipal bond analysts for its offices in San Francisco, New York and Austin.