Michael T. Nietzel

3 weeks ago | forbes.com | Michael T. Nietzel

Johns Hopkins University announces four immediate cost containment measures in an attempt to ... More stabilize ts finances. gettyThe leadership of Johns Hopkins University announced on Monday that it was implementing several new belt-tightening measures as it tries to address the financial pressures brought on by the Trump administration’s cutbacks in research support and other changes in higher education policies.

3 weeks ago | forbes.com | Michael T. Nietzel

The tax and spending bill passed by the House of Representatives on May 22 would increase the taxes some colleges and universities would have to pay on several sources of university income, most notably endowment earnings. Much of the attention being paid to this controversial component of the legislation has focused on the impact the new taxes would have on the nation’s richest universities like Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Princeton and MIT.

4 weeks ago | forbes.com | Michael T. Nietzel

Five alumni have given Colgate University a total of $105 million, an amount that includes a $50 million donation from Peter Kellner, which the university described as the largest single gift in its history. The new gifts will be used primarily to support a comprehensive residential building program in the university’s lower campus located along Broad Street in Hamilton New York. The project is part of Colgate’sThird Century Plan, a long-term strategic framework unveiled in 2019.

1 month ago | forbes.com | Michael T. Nietzel

The state of Minnesota is seeing continued growth in its direct admissions program, an initiative that enables high school seniors to be proactively admitted to participating colleges and universities in the state without having to formally apply first.

1 month ago | forbes.com | Michael T. Nietzel

President Donald Trump ratcheted up his pressure campaign against Harvard University on Wednesday, suggesting that the institution should limit the number of international students it enrolls. "I think they should have a cap of maybe around 15%, not 31%," Mr. Trump said at a news conference.