Higher education bonds

Municipal finance advisory firm PFM Group will sponsor a seminar on financial planning in Boston for higher education business officers.

A declining number of Midwestern high school graduates is adding to already highly competitive environment further straining the region's small colleges, according to Moody's Investors Service.

The University of Missouri Board of Curators will offer up high-grade paper early next week in a nearly $300 million revenue-backed issue to refund existing debt and pay off commercial paper.

Moody's Investors Service lowers the University of Kansas to Aa2 in the wake of its downgrade of the state government.

Madison-based University of Wisconsin Health and Illinois-based SwedishAmerican Health System announced plans to merge.

The Washington Higher Education Facilities Authority privately placed $34 million of bonds to fund construction projects at Saint Martin's University.

Kansas State University is launching a $65 million redesign of the north end zone of its Bill Snyder football stadium, the third phase of an expansion plan announced in 2010.

After a Moody's Investors Service downgrade, Texas Southern University still faces a negative outlook, as do some of the marquee names among historically black universities.

A $23 million entry on the University of North Texas' accounts receivable was unlikely to ever be collected in full, according to an auditor's report.

Individual orders for the University of Connecticut UConn 2000 bond sale exceeded $168 million, which officials said was the highest level in the program's 18 years.

Legislation that authorizes up to $600 million in revenue-backed borrowing for public university and state buildings in Missouri is headed to the House after Senate passage.

New York State is home to a disproportionate share of the nation's speculative-rated colleges and universities.

The University of Connecticut intends to price $220 million of GO bonds, including $120 million for capital improvements under the UConn 2000 program.

A new Austin medical school will share in the proceeds of a $285 million revenue bond issue from the University of Texas System.

South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard last week signed into a law a bill authorizing the state's building authority to issue bonds to help finance a new $65 million football stadium at South Dakota State University.

Harrisburg, Pa., receiver William Lynch will be the featured speaker at Widener University School of Law's April 14 program on municipal distress.

Standard & Poor's has upgraded the rating on San Jose-Evergreen Community College District's general obligation bonds based on its improved financial performance.

The University of California will bring $950 million of revenue bonds to market next week in a tax-exempt and taxable deal to fund construction projects throughout its campuses.

The University of Texas System plans to build a $102 million headquarters in downtown Austin, replacing five buildings it currently uses for offices, officials said.

Moody's Investors Service has downgraded the general revenue bond rating on the University of California ahead of its $750 million bond sale next month.