TWICV News and Commentary for November 3, 2025

This is the podcast that talks about the financial health and viability of public and private colleges with data, details and perspectives offered nowhere else.

Today’s show:  

+ Layoffs and cutbacks

+ How Closing a University Changes You

+ The Fragility of Small Scale   2025  Daniel Greenstein

+ Higher Ed Is Sleepwalking Toward Obsolescence — And AI Won’t Be the Cause, Just the Accelerant

+ Colleges Face a Financial Reckoning. The University of Chicago Is Exhibit A.

Show notes:

GU Faces Projected Financial Loss, International Student Enrollment Drop

Emails show UW-Madison to lay off 31 employees, among other cuts

Simmons University sees credit rating slashed to junk by Moody’s

How Closing a University Changes You

The Power and promise of higher education

Higher Ed Is Sleepwalking Toward Obsolescence — And AI Won’t Be the Cause, Just the Accelerant

Colleges Face a Financial Reckoning. The University of Chicago Is Exhibit A