Higher education bonds

A planned 4,500-bed dorm at the University of California Santa Barbara comes as the neighboring city threatens to sue over a lack of on-campus housing.

The $162 million tax-exempt new money deal is bolstered by two ratings upgrades and analysts say it will generate a lot of investor interest on Wednesday.

For the first time in six years, Texas colleges and universities are awarded tuition revenue bonds backed by the state.

A proposal from the Ohio Treasury would provide a new enhancement for state-purchased public university debt and offer a backstop for hospitals' VRDOs.

A $430 million collaborative transaction featured the university, two asset management firms, and the New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority.

He made his announcement at an under-construction elementary school to underscore a $250 million construction bond he championed.

A speculative-grade deal to build on-campus housing at Santa Rosa Junior College is a first for a conduit issuer operating out of the State Treasurer's Office.

The New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority and the Ivy League university named Ramirez Asset Management, in their first collaboration with an MWBE firm.

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).

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)