Higher education bonds

New York education, healthcare and non-profit issuers with strong credit will now be able to expedite their transactions under new guidelines approved by the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York.

SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher is making an impassioned pitch for more funding while challenging the system from within.

Moody’s Investors Service revised the outlook on its Baa3 rating of Roosevelt University in Chicago to negative as it struggles with enrollment loses.

The Illinois-based College of DuPage’s former treasurer Thomas Glaser and controller Lynn Sapyta filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday accusing their former employer of wrongful termination for their opposition to a board member’s political agenda.

The Moraine Valley Community College in Illinois lost its top credit marks ahead of its upcoming $9.2 million general obligation refunding.

The University of Michigan heads into the market this week with $312 million of high-grade revenue paper to fund ongoing capital projects and refund debt.

In its last deal of the year, the University of Texas System will offer investors a choice of taxable or tax-exempt bonds in a $241 million pricing.

Veteran bond attorney Jeremy A. Spector has been named executive director and secretary of the New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority (NJEFA).

Rhode Island selected Invesco and Ascencus to manage its $7 billion CollegeBoundfund 529 program, replacing AllianceBernstein.

Moody’s Investors Service has revised the University of Chicago Medical Center's outlook to stable from negative thanks to two years of stronger operating margins.