Higher education bonds

Graduate and married student housing is new frontier for public-private partnerships, underscored by a recent deal at the University of Notre Dame.

Michigan State sold taxable bonds to finance a legal settlement in the Larry Nassar sexual abuse cases.

The University of Michigan plans to sell $225 million of bonds that will include taxable and tax-exempt debt, with bonds structured with a put option in the mix.

The San Diego-area system is issuing municipal debt to fund its acquisition of for-profit Northcentral University.

Weaker operating results led S&P Global Ratings to lower its outlook for the Evanston, Illinois-based university.

The Dayton, Ohio, school is in the second week of the faculty strike over working terms and conditions.

The St. Paul City Council is taking a dim view of Concordia University's plans to take a nine-story medical office building at least partially off the city's tax rolls.

Tuition revenue pressures from a sharp enrollment have prompted Vermont's Green Mountain College to close after 183 years.

Beloit College's rating was cut to junk last year, and the restructuring is designed to ease debt covenant strains.

Recent upheaval in senior management at Michigan State University won’t impact the timeline to sell bonds to fund sex-abuse settlements.

The bonds will fund the final phase of construction of its new Physical Activity Center.

University officials are asking the Legislature to consider allowing higher education institutions to use a loan program through the Bank of North Dakota to help reduce deferred maintenance costs.

With more than $3 billion of bond-financed stadium expansions recently completed or on the boards, college football programs are struggling to fill the seats.

Bakersfield College students can expect to see more commotion on campus this spring as work begins on a few construction projects, the largest of which is a new campus center.

The New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority will revive a leasing program that hasn't been used since 2011.

Legal and accreditation problems led Fitch Ratings to lower its rating on the Florida HBCU six notches to CCC-plus.

Webster University has struggled to balance operations as it suffers tuition revenue declines.

The nation's No. 2 financial advisory services firm is hiring municipal executives in Ohio and Michigan.

The survey of securities firms showed pressures caused by unfunded pension obligations is expected to be the biggest issue for the muni market next year.

RBC Capital Markets hired Paul Sheldon, founder of the advisory firm S L Capital Strategies, as a managing director in the municipal finance student loan group.