Higher education bonds

Hofstra University received a one notch upgrade to A2 by Moody’s Investors Service.

A proposal to raise the Oklahoma sales tax by one cent would give teachers a raise if voters approve. The Sooner State ranks 49th among states in teacher pay, according to recent studies.

Princeton University’s settlement to end litigation claiming it should pay property taxes on certain Princeton, N.J. properties is a credit positive for both the school and the local government, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

A master plan approved by Rutgers University last year to expand and upgrade the infrastructure of New Jersey’s flagship public higher education institution by 2030 is already taking shape.

Vanderbilt University received an upgrade to triple-A ahead of its first foray into the bond market since separating financially from its medical center.

Michigan’s Wayne State University has struck a $1.4 billion, 40-year public-private partnership that will allow it bypass the capital markets to upgrade its housing stock and retire debt.

A Kentucky Supreme Court ruling that Gov. Matt Bevin does not have authority to withhold university funds is a credit negative, Moody's Investors Service said, because it will be harder to manage difficult budgets without help from lawmakers.

The University of Arkansas will join the college football stadium arms race with a $115 million bond issue for the Razorbacks’ home field.

Sweet Briar College saw its revenue bonds upgraded four notches, although still within junk territory, because of efforts to keep the 114-year-old Virginia women's institution open.

The Nebraska Farm Bureau says a community college’s $369 million bond question on the November ballot would lead to a massive property tax increase on farmers, business, and homeowners in southeast Nebraska.

A bill introduced in the House would make municipal bonds issued by historically black colleges and universities tax-exempt at the federal, state and local levels.

Moody's revises Boston University's outlook to positive from stable while affirming the school's A1 rating.

New Jersey’s Stockton University is holding a bond sale Thursday to raise proceeds for its planned new $178 million Atlantic City campus.

The University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy’s municipal finance center is offering grants for academic research projects on topics that range from public sector pensions and bond financing to infrastructure, taxation, and the politics of public finance.

The University of Illinois is preparing to refund $116 million while highlighting for investors what it describes as diverse revenues and growing enrollment that have lessened the strains of coping with the state’s budget mess.

Education officials and experts offered suggestions to a House subcommittee Tuesday on how to regulate private universities’ multibillion-dollar tax-exempt endowments, including by making them taxable in some cases because of concerns about their use.

Louisiana State University is bringing its first financing for a $575 million housing and retail privatization, a move that triggered downgrades of the university's outstanding bonds.

Indiana State University heads into the market Wednesday with an $82 million issue, a portion of which will fund renovations to its health and human service building.

The Juilliard's School's outlook was revised to negative from stable by Moody's Investors Service, which sees risks in with the New York-based performing arts conservatory's global expansion plans.

Debt-ridden Dowling College is shutting its doors at end of Wednesday with more than $54 million of bond debt outstanding.