TWICV News and Commentary for June 30, 2025

+ Many layoff and cutback announcements last week.

+ Cornell College (IA) steers away from financial health toward marketing hail mary.

+ My alma mater: typical of the plight of public And private colleges.

+ Tuition discount rate continues to move upward. Good for the students. Not so much for the colleges.

+ Seth O’dell: it’s the trends that matter. Enrollment is still down from pre-pandemic.

+ A newsletter story from Anand Sanwal that suggests colleges get some skin in the game – just like every other industry has had to do over time.

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San Francisco State to cut 3 athletic programs

Stanford University To Lay Off Staff, Cut $140 Million From Its Budget

Sonoma State slashed programs, athletics. Now, it's getting $45M from state budget

USC plans to order significant budget cuts

Birmingham-Southern College remains closed as neighbors hope for new life on campus

Cornell College’s Early Financial Aid Promise Could Be A Trend-Setter

Eastern’s (IL) 20-year enrollment decrease is part of statewide trend

Tuition Discounting Hits Another High

Persistence and retention rates hit some of their highest levels in nearly a decade

Skin in the game: Fixing higher education’s student debt problem from Nov 16, 2024 newsletter