There is much higher education news this 2024 Thanksgiving week.

Headlines

+ Some layoffs and cutbacks this week

+ 2 stories that suggest college leaders may be moving more aggressively in their relationships with faculty

+ Anderson U Fitch rating heads south.

+ More ugly spin on a college with an unsustainable financial pattern

+ St. Augustine U sells off the farm to stay afloat

Show Notes and links:

As Fontbonne University winds down, its students leave to finish their studies

Drexel University lays off 60 employees in face of ‘structural imbalance’ in operating budget

Saint Augustine’s U., on the Brink of Fiscal Collapse, Enters a $30-Million Credit Agreement

Boston U Suspends Admissions to Humanities and Social Science Ph.D. Programs

Former TSU President Sets the Record Straight

Fitch Revises Anderson University, IN's Outlook to Negative; Affirms IDR and Revs at 'B-'

Accreditor confirms HLGU turnaround, removes university from probation