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The college closings of 2024—and what lies beyond

University Business

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. The system will downsize to 22 universities.

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Is this the first college closing announced in 2025?

University Business

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. The small art college will be renamed Cornish College of the Arts at Seattle University, and it will retain its current campus.

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William & Mary professors cry secrecy on data school, more

Inside Higher Ed

William & Mary has long had a liberal arts orientation and strong tradition of shared governance. The faculty have seen our elected representatives marginalized, our perspectives dismissed, and our involvement in university governance largely eliminated.”

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These 2 colleges avoided closings in March by merger, acquisition

University Business

This page will be continuously updated as University Business monitors the changing landscape of college closings, mergers and acquisitions in the coming year and beyond. Villanova University announced on March 31 that it had entered a merger agreement with Rosemont College.

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College Meltdown 2.0

Higher Education Inquirer

Small private liberal arts schools and regional universities also experienced losses. comes as US fascism advances , the Coronavirus Pandemic becomes more normalized, student loan debt approaches $2 trillion, and the 2026 enrollment cliff is just a few years away. Elements of College Meltdown 2.0 College Meltdown 2.0

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Preparing for the Next 330 Years (letter)

Inside Higher Ed

Column: Letters to the Editor In 2018, at the very first of what would become many campus listening forums to help shape the framework of the university’s strategic plan, President Katherine A. To educate for impact, a university evolves and does it within its core values.

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

WCET Frontiers

A surprising selection of colleges and universities are thriving despite the culling of institutions and programs happening around them. Outside of the liberal arts, programs in risk include business, journalism/communication, education, nursing, and family & consumer sciences. According to the Tampa Bay Times , St.