Higher education bonds

Alumnus Arthur Blank, co-founder of Home Depot, donated $50 million to the business-focused private Massachusetts school's leadership school.

The state flagship university is entering into a 50-year concession with ENGIE North America and Meridiam for a $1.165 billion upfront payment.

State funding hasn't kept pace with expenses, and will continue to be constrained by other fiscal priorities.

A lawsuit challenges the May 2019 voter approval of the bond measure, which passed with more than 71% of the vote. None of the debt has been issued yet.

Proposition CC, which would have repealed the revenue cap built into Colorado's Taxpayer Bill of Rights, promised to help fund three of the state's most notably underfunded buckets: K-12 education, higher education and transportation infrastructure.

UBS Wealth Management Americas announced three new senior hires as it continues to expand its public finance roster as it approaches the New Year.

The university now has a stable Moody's outlook as the financial impact of the Larry Nasser sex abuse scandal becomes clearer.

Fitch Ratings upgraded the private institution in Biddeford, Maine, to A-plus from A-minus.

About 27% of public and private universities will see a decline in net tuition per student in fiscal year 2020.

Fitch Ratings cut the Philadelphia-based Catholic university to BBB-minus, with a negative outlook.

Moody's Investors Service raised its outlook from negative and affirmed its B1 rating.

The school is spending money in an effort to boost its image and reverse a decline in enrollment.

The public university in Ohio is refunding lease revenue debt as it continues to deal with enrollment declines.

The general obligation bond measure would allocate $9 billion to K-12 schools and $6 billion to the state's universities and community colleges.

Spending and economic strains loom as challenges for the state government, S&P Global Ratings’ Carol Spain said in a recent presentation.

The deal allows the university to shed a master trust indenture and concentrate its debt under the University of Nebraska Facilities Corp.

The college, using the state of Ohio as its conduit issuer, will price $49 million of bonds.

The shuttered College of New Rochelle filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week while it markets the Westchester County campus in an effort to pay off creditors.

Marlboro College in Vermont will not partner with the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut.

Janet Napolitano said her resignation would be effective in August 2020.