{"id":97581,"date":"2025-12-16T20:00:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T01:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=97581"},"modified":"2025-12-16T20:00:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T01:00:33","slug":"higher-education-faces-deteriorating-2026-outlook-fitch-says-spitalniak-other-items-re-higher-education-in-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2025\/12\/16\/higher-education-faces-deteriorating-2026-outlook-fitch-says-spitalniak-other-items-re-higher-education-in-general\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Higher education faces \u2018deteriorating\u2019 2026 outlook, Fitch says&#8221; [Spitalniak] + other items re: higher education in general"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Embedded post\" src=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/embed\/feed\/update\/urn:li:share:7405590009455550465\" width=\"504\" height=\"1548\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highereddive.com\/news\/higher-education-faces-deteriorating-2026-outlook-fitch-says\/807222\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Higher education faces \u2018deteriorating\u2019 2026 outlook, Fitch says<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from highereddive.com by Laura Spitalniak<br \/>\n<em>A shrinking pipeline of students, uncertainty about state and federal support, and rising expenses could all hurt college finances, according to analysts.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dive Brief:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fitch Ratings on Thursday issued a \u201cdeteriorating\u201d outlook for the higher education sector in 2026, continuing the gloomy prediction the agency issued for 2025.<\/li>\n<li>Analysts based their forecast on a shrinking prospective student base, \u201crising uncertainty related to state and federal support, continued expense escalation and shifting economic conditions.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>With its report, Fitch joins Moody\u2019s Ratings and S&amp;P Global Ratings in predicting a grim year for higher ed\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Moody\u2019s for\u00a0the sector overall\u00a0and S&amp;P for\u00a0nonprofit colleges specifically.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highereddive.com\/news\/yale-university-expects-layoffs-endowment-tax\/807107\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Yale expects layoffs as leaders brace for $300M in endowment taxes<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from highereddive.com by Ben Unglesbee<br \/>\n<em>The Ivy League institution\u2019s tax bill starting next year will be higher than what it spends on student aid, university officials said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dive Brief:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Yale University is\u00a0bracing for layoffs\u00a0as it prepares to pay the government hundreds of millions of dollars in endowment income taxes.<\/li>\n<li>In a public message, senior leaders at the Ivy League institution said that Yale\u2019s schools plan to\u00a0take steps such as\u00a0delaying hiring and reducing travel spending\u00a0to save money.\u00a0But they warned workforce cuts were on the horizon.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLayoffs may be necessary\u201d in some units where cutting open positions and other reductions are insufficient, the university officials said. They expect to complete any downsizing by the end of 2026 barring \u201cadditional significant financial changes.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highereddive.com\/news\/higher-education-faces-deteriorating-2026-outlook-fitch-says\/807222\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Education Department adds \u2018lower earnings\u2019 warning to FAFSA<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from highereddive.com by Natalie Schwartz<br \/>\n<em>The agency will warn students when they\u2019ve indicated interest in a college whose graduates have relatively low incomes.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The U.S. Department of Education\u00a0has\u00a0launched a new disclosure\u00a0feature that warns students who fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid if they\u2019re interested in colleges\u00a0whose graduates have relatively low earnings, the agency said Monday.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>\u201cFamilies deserve a clearer picture of how postsecondary education connects to real-world earnings, and this new indicator will provide that transparency,\u201d\u00a0U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon said in a Monday statement. \u201cNot only will this new FAFSA feature make public earnings data more accessible, but it will empower prospective students to make data-driven decisions before they are saddled with debt.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Also from highereddive.com, see:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highereddive.com\/news\/college-costs-grew-36-fiscal-2025-hepi\/807708\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>College costs grew 3.6% in fiscal 2025, HEPI shows<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Faculty salaries rose 4.3%, the highest recorded rate since the Higher Education Price Index began in 1998.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highereddive.com\/news\/martin-university-to-pause-operations-at-the-end-of-the-month\/807454\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Martin University to \u2018pause\u2019 operations at the end of the month<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>The board of the private Indianapolis university is working to find a path toward economic viability, it said in a Tuesday press release.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highereddive.com\/news\/willamette-university-and-pacific-university-seek-to-merge\/807686\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Willamette University and Pacific University seek to merge<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>The two private nonprofits in Oregon said Thursday that they intend to create \u201cthe University of the Northwest,\u201d with one state official voicing support.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highereddive.com\/news\/university-of-nebraska-regents-approve-cutting-4-programs-at-flagship\/807345\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>University of Nebraska regents approve cutting 4 programs at flagship<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>The university\u2019s governing board voted in favor of the plan despite sustained faculty objections over the eliminations and the process for determining them.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Higher education faces \u2018deteriorating\u2019 2026 outlook, Fitch says &#8212; from highereddive.com by Laura Spitalniak A shrinking pipeline of students, uncertainty about state and federal support, and rising expenses could all hurt college finances, according to analysts. Dive Brief: Fitch Ratings on Thursday issued a \u201cdeteriorating\u201d outlook for the higher education sector in 2026, continuing the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[322,61,174,115,302,57,71,3,7,79,560,436,480,310,66,212,206,321,214],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjunct-faculty","category-business-side-of-he","category-career-development","category-colleges","category-community-colleges","category-cost-of-getting-a-degree","category-faculty-staff","category-higher-education","category-learning-ecosystem","category-liberal-arts","category-parents-guardians","category-reinvent","category-society","category-staying-relevant","category-student-related","category-surviving","category-trends","category-united-states","category-universities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97581"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97587,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97581\/revisions\/97587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}