Higher Education

USNH Chancellor Catherine Provencher said she could manage Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s proposed 4% reduction — bringing state funding down from $95 million to $91.2 million each year — but the House’s reduction would tank annual funding to $66.2 million.

New Hampshire universities say a handful of international students now have active immigration records, after the Trump administration reversed course late last week.

Lawyers, including with the ACLU of New Hampshire, say that lawsuits against the Department of Homeland Security played a crucial role in allowing some international students to go back to class.

Elizabeth Chilton was inaugurated as the school’s 21st president Friday.

They also say New Hampshire’s community college system should turn its seven distinct colleges into one college with seven campuses.

In New Hampshire, an additional 12,000 students will be newly eligible for Pell Grants, according to federal data.

Last week, Gov. Chris Sununu announced a new task force to study how the state can react to the steady enrollment drop, and how its public colleges and universities should acclimate to a new reality.

During her time at Franklin Pierce, President Kim Mooney has also served as a provost and vice president for academic affairs.

The Henniker-based school acquired the New Hampshire Institute of Art in 2018, keeping a long-running commitment to arts education in Manchester alive. Then the pandemic changed the math.

The pattern doesn’t hold for public schools like UNH, according to the study.