Facilities

Loans were a lifeline for Finlandia University. Until they weren’t.

Coffee lounges and exclusive fitness studios help attract students. They also stratify the student body.

Campuses went on a decades-long building boom. The bill for maintaining them, which has rarely been fully met, is coming due.

After a shooting spree last week killed three students, officials wrestled with how to make the campus feel safe, when to resume operations, and how to handle the media. Here’s what they told us.

The university’s 50-year agreement with two private companies has devolved into an alleged breach of contract.

Pennsylvania’s higher-ed landscape faces steep challenges. Its large number of colleges relative to its traditional-age student population is a big reason.

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The University of California at Santa Barbara’s massive dormitory project, criticized for its windowless rooms, will shed two floors — and arrive later than expected.

UCLA is buying a defunct college campus, and the state is committing billions of dollars to new housing projects.