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Sullivan, Gregory W.; Paxton, Rebekah – Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, 2019
UMass Boston has been a campus in turmoil for the past 20 months. Internal upheaval first became public in January 2017 when the UMass Board of Trustees (BoT) refused to extend Chancellor Keith Motley's contract. In March 2017 the trustees disclosed that the campus was facing a budget deficit of up to $30 million with just three months remaining…
Descriptors: State Universities, Financial Exigency, Urban Universities, Educational Finance
Sullivan, Gregory W.; Stergios, Jim – Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, 2019
In just the last 18 months, Massachusetts has seen the closure of small private liberal arts colleges Mount Ida and Newbury Colleges. The pressures on these types of institutions include technological disruption, changing student demands, and ever-escalating costs. To address this, the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education (BHE) and Department…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Governing Boards, Liberal Arts, Risk