The Chronicle of Higher Education featured SNF founder Larry Bomback in "Higher Ed's New Crisis Managers," its look at the outside leaders colleges are bringing in to steady their finances.
Larry noted that colleges facing enrollment declines often hold excess physical assets, such as buildings and land. Selling them won't fix a structural deficit, but it can provide short-term relief and buy time to stabilize.
Read "Higher Ed's New Crisis Managers" by Lee Gardner in The Chronicle of Higher Education.