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These 2 colleges avoided closings in March by merger, acquisition

University Business

” Rosemont students who graduate by 2028 will still receive a Rosemont degree. Cornish College of the Arts (Wash.) With just nine majors in the 2024-25 school year, it cut over 75% of its majors, reduced enrollment to 350 students and let go of staff to raise revenue. A record $1.5 Mount Mercy University (Iowa) St.

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President moves: Announcing a surge of hires, including this state flagship

University Business

An experienced leader in his own right, Benson is the current president of Coastal Carolina University, where he secured a $10 million gift, the largest in school history, according to a university statement. Kiss also served 12 years as president of Agnes Scott College, an all-womens liberal arts college in Atlanta.

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State of Play 2023

Susquehanna President's Blog

million between 2026 and 2028 became foreshadowed as a consequence of the pandemic. A common trope on many independent college campuses has been that when a number of struggling sister institutions close, the remaining schools will take on the students they would have enrolled and reach a financially sustainable enrollment.