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The college closings of 2024—and what lies beyond

University Business

DECEMBER 16, 2024

A flurry of colleges and universities have shuttheir doors following the pandemic, and 2024 didn’t show signs of slowing down. University Business will continue to monitor the changing landscape of college closings, as well as mergers and acquisitions, in the coming year and beyond. Lower enrollment breeds lower tuition revenue.

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Is this the first college closing announced in 2025?

University Business

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

24) College closings are expected to uptick over the next five years due to the demographic cliff, and Northland College may be the first of 2025. This page will be continuously updated as University Business monitors the changing landscape of college closings, as well as mergers and acquisitions, in the coming year and beyond.

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These 2 colleges avoided closings in March by merger, acquisition

University Business

APRIL 2, 2025

(Updated: April 2, 2025) With college closings expected to uptick over the next five years due to the demographic cliff, two small regional colleges avoided shutting their doors by merging with larger institutions. The college closings and mergers of 2025 Rosemont College (Penn.) Cornish College of the Arts (Wash.)

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William & Mary professors cry secrecy on data school, more

Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Image: Faculty members at the College of William & Mary are concerned that the institution is purposely excluding them from conversations about the future. Take the college’s recent announcement that it’s exploring opening a computing and data science school.

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College Meltdown 2.0

Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

College Meltdown 2.0 is distinctly different than the College Meltdown that started in 2010. The first wave of the College Meltdown (2010-2021) resulted in a slow and steady drop in overall US college enrollment , with dramatic losses among for-profit colleges and community colleges. College Meltdown 2.0

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Birmingham-Southern College needs $37.5M in government money to stay open, officials say - Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, Higher Ed Dive

Economics and Change in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

Birmingham-Southern College, a private liberal arts institution in Alabama, faces financial ruin and cannot stay open past May without new funding, according to state legislators. The roughly 1,000-student college is seeking $37.5 The roughly 1,000-student college is seeking $37.5

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How U.S. Colleges and Universities are Responding to Declining Enrollments

WCET Frontiers

JULY 27, 2023

For a deeper look into the reasons why college enrollments are declining, see our earlier post, College Enrollment: Cliffs, Shifts, and Lifts. A surprising selection of colleges and universities are thriving despite the culling of institutions and programs happening around them. According to the Tampa Bay Times , St.

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How U.S. Colleges and Universities are Responding to Declining Enrollments

WCET Frontiers

JULY 28, 2023

For a deeper look into the reasons why college enrollments are declining, see our earlier post, College Enrollment: Cliffs, Shifts, and Lifts. A surprising selection of colleges and universities are thriving despite the culling of institutions and programs happening around them. According to the Tampa Bay Times , St.

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State of Play 2023

Susquehanna President's Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2022

National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) Changes 3. 2026 “Demographic Cliff” 6. The “ demographic cliff ,” when we know the number of traditional college-age students will drop by about 1.1 million between 2026 and 2028 became foreshadowed as a consequence of the pandemic. At the time they were: 1.

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Can a ‘degree’ hold its value?

HEPI

JULY 23, 2024

The ‘trade’ of Oxford and Cambridge as corporations lay in the study of the artes , the ‘liberal arts’. In both, a student ‘apprentice’ ‘graduated’ gradus by gradus , ‘degree’ by ‘degree’, to become a Bachelor then a Master of Arts. The guilds all controlled their membership and awarded their own qualifications.

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Convocation Remarks 2022

Susquehanna President's Blog

AUGUST 26, 2022

In addition to formally welcoming you and signaling the beginning of Susquehanna’s 165 th academic year, I believe that this is an important occasion to affirm why you are here and to give you some basic, but critical advice on how to make the most of your college experience. Each year, I give this charge to the graduates.

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President moves: 2 longtime leaders retire and 5 new hires

University Business

MARCH 25, 2025

Hiring Megan Coval – Butler County Community College (Penn.) Megan Coval has been promoted to permanent leader of Butler County Community College. David Douglass – College of Idaho David Douglass, provost and executive vice president of College of Idaho, will become president of the private college on June 1.

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President moves: Alabama’s flagship leader steps down, other school transitions

University Business

JANUARY 24, 2025

Hired Ian Baucom – Middlebury College (Vt.) Ian Baucom, Middlebury College Ian Baucom, the current provost and executive vice president of the University of Virginia, has been selected to lead Middlebury College beginning July. Lauded for his leadership in the liberal arts, Baucom serves as the Robert C.

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Small College America – Profile: Hendrix College

Edu Alliance Journal

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

February 23, 2025, by Dean Hoke: This profile of Hendrix College is the third in a series presenting small colleges throughout the United States. Background Hendrix College, founded in 1876, is a private liberal arts institution located in Conway, Arkansas. More than 90% of students live in college-owned housing.

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University Leadership Central

The college closings of 2024—and what lies beyond

Is this the first college closing announced in 2025?

Trending Sources

These 2 colleges avoided closings in March by merger, acquisition

William & Mary professors cry secrecy on data school, more

College Meltdown 2.0

Birmingham-Southern College needs $37.5M in government money to stay open, officials say - Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, Higher Ed Dive

How U.S. Colleges and Universities are Responding to Declining Enrollments

How U.S. Colleges and Universities are Responding to Declining Enrollments

State of Play 2023

Can a ‘degree’ hold its value?

Convocation Remarks 2022

President moves: 2 longtime leaders retire and 5 new hires

President moves: Alabama’s flagship leader steps down, other school transitions

Small College America – Profile: Hendrix College

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