Higher education bonds

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham unveiled the free-tuition plan amid declining enrollment at the state's universities.

Saint Mary's College, a sister school to the University of Notre Dame, will sell $27 million of new money bonds and $15 million to refund debt.

Accusations that the university violated a moral obligation in connection with bonds for a student housing P3 are false and defamatory, its attorney says.

The law firm representing the trustee for a $250 million student housing complex accused the University of Oklahoma of predatory behavior.

An increased reliance on endowment spending put the highly selective liberal arts college at risk of a credit downgrade.

The university scaled back its parking and commercial leases at the public-private student housing project, which is dipping into its debt service reserve.

The Civic Federation endorsed the system's 2020 budget but raised concerns over the community college system's long-term fiscal outlook.

Spendable cash and investments have nearly doubled since 2014, according to Moody's Investors Service.

Facing Gov. Mike Dunleavy's 40% cut in state funding, the regents passed a measure allowing it to lay off tenured professors and close campuses.

The college is heading into the market as it remains the center of a libel lawsuit that may cost it more than $25 million in punitive damages.

Texas A&M University System will price $430 million of taxable bonds, including $230 million to advance refund tax-exempt debt.

The university wants to upgrade its dormitories.

Persistent enrollment declines at Daemen College led Fitch Ratings to assign a negative outlook to the western New York school.

The College of New Rochelle has defaulted on bond payments in the waning days of the school’s existence.

The rise of online classes and degrees brings with it questions about the future of brick-and-mortar colleges and universities.

The Ohio House’s two-year operating budget bill boosts spending for higher education adding an extra $21.8 million for higher education next year and $20 million in 2021.

Stockton University’s ability to meet enrollment targets for its new satellite campus led to a rating outlook boost.

Moody's shifted its outlook on six Illinois public universities to stable while upgrading two credits.

Legislation to put bond measures and the 2020 and 2022 ballots has cleared two Assembly committees.

Carl McCall, a former New York State comptroller and Democratic candidate for governor, reflects on what molded his many years of public service starting with enduring the challenges of growing up in a segregated Boston neighborhood to the recent experience of chairing the State University of New York Board of Trustees. Andrew Coen hosts.