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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Ratings agency identifies bleaker financial outlook for Northwestern

Ratings agency identifies bleaker financial outlook for Northwestern

February 3, 2019
Standard & Poor’s, one of the Big Three credit rating agencies, revised its outlook on NU’s long-term revenue bonds to “negative” from “stable,” citing worries about the school’s increasing debt.
Rebecca Crown Center. Administrators on Thursday sent out an email saying NU is on track to resolve its budget deficit by 2021.

NU on track to balance budget in 2021 fiscal year

January 17, 2019

Northwestern is on track to bring the budget back to balance by the 2021 fiscal year, according to a Thursday email sent to faculty and staff. The email –– signed off by President Morton Schapiro,...

Provost Jonathan Holloway. Holloway appeared at Wednesday’s Faculty Senate meeting to discuss the University’s financial future after a $94 million deficit in fiscal year 2018.

University drew from endowment to resolve $94 million deficit

January 17, 2019

Northwestern drew $100 million from its endowment to resolve the $94 million budget deficit from fiscal year 2018, Provost Jonathan Holloway told Faculty Senate on Wednesday. The move broke from the...

Northwestern’s total financial assets over the last nine years.

Report: University assets exceeded $15 billion last fiscal year

January 10, 2019

Northwestern’s total financial assets exceeded $15 billion in the 2018 fiscal year even as administrators prepared for a forthcoming budget deficit, according to a report released by the University late...

Top administrators have been willing to share details about their handling of the budget deficit, yet deans and department leaders have shown greater reluctance to divulge information.

Budget cuts are made at the bottom, but the message is crafted up top

November 30, 2018

To top administrators and undergraduate students alike, the budget deficit was a surprise. When Provost Jonathan Holloway informed Faculty Senate of the budget shortfall in January, some senators were...

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