Emma Whitford

1 month ago | forbes.com | Emma Whitford

College administrators, often oblivious to economic realities, have spent more than a decade fretting about looming enrollment declines. Trump’s slash and burn approach to education and federal spending could hasten the demise of many teetering schools. By Emma Whitford, Forbes StaffThe screws are tightening on America’s private colleges. With an executive order looming to dismantle the Department of Education, it’s pretty clear that higher education is high on President Trump’s hit list.

1 month ago | finance.einnews.com | Emma Whitford

College administrators, often oblivious to economic realities, have spent more than a decade fretting about looming enrollment declines. Trump’s slash and burn approach to education and federal spending could hasten the demise of many teetering schools. The screws are tightening on America’s private colleges. With an executive order looming to dismantle the Department of Education, it’s pretty clear that higher education is high on President Trump’s hit list.

2 months ago | forbes.com | Sam Altman |Emma Whitford

Like many 18-year-olds, Josie Lenter had only a vague idea of what she might study when she enrolled at the University of Central Florida. She thought she might want to be a doctor, and for a year and a half she followed a pre-med track before dropping out for a job in financial sales. Lenter and her family could no longer afford her $17,000 bill. “I always wanted to continue my education, but I didn’t know how much of a possibility that would be,” she says. Then Lenter, now 26, discovered Campus.

2 months ago | forbes.com | Emma Whitford

Every year, Gallaudet University, a Washington, D.C.-based college founded in 1864 for the deaf and hard of hearing, graduates hundreds of students and spends millions on research into advances in areas like neuroscience related to visual learning and the genetic causes of deafness. Gallaudet is one of hundreds of colleges that stand to lose significant operating revenue if the Trump administration proceeds with its plan to freeze all federal grant and loan payments.

2 months ago | forbes.com | Emma Whitford

The Trump administration threw higher education officials into a panic last Tuesday when the Office of Management and Budget issued a memo ordering federal agencies to halt outgoing grants and loans—effectively cutting off colleges and universities from billions in research and administrative funding. Colleges rely on federal grants to not only fund essential research but also to maintain facilities, pay administrator salaries, provide IT support and more.