U. of Alaska has 2 days to save itself; accused sex-trafficker has given millions to Harvard; student debt adds to social-mobility crisis; and more.
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Alaska’s governor wants to slash higher-education funding by $130 million to increase residents’ cash payout. How will the cuts affect students and the state’s economic viability? (PREMIUM)
Campus leaders are promoting the system’s economic impact and student access as lawmakers prepare to vote Wednesday on a 41-percent cut in state funding. (PREMIUM)
In explaining historic cuts, Gov. Mike Dunleavy said Alaska’s universities can’t be “all things for all people.” He’s only the latest to use that message. (PREMIUM)
The university declined to comment on whether it plans to return any of the donations given by Jeffrey Epstein, who was charged on Saturday with sex trafficking.
Higher ed is a weaker engine of mobility than it once was, and the solution lies more with board members than with debt cancellation or other populist slogans, writes a former university president in a new book. (PREMIUM)
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