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US College Closings Worry Educators
SHEEO’s report asked that states require colleges to help with these concerns if they close, and said colleges should avoid sudden closures.
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US College Closings Worry Educators
In 2021, The Hechinger Report noted that students whose schools combine with others also face similar problems.
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US College Closings Worry Educators
Observers will be watching what happens with the College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York. The small school recently announced a plan to close in May 2024.
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US College Closings Worry Educators
An accreditation group said it was concerned about the college’s finances for the 2024-2025 school year.
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US College Closings Worry Educators
The school has been losing money since 2013. It lost $11 million in 2020.
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US College Closings Worry Educators
Cuts to study programs and changes in leadership did not put the school on a better path.
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US College Closings Worry Educators
Bryan Alexander is a writer and researcher whose work centers on the future of higher education.
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US College Closings Worry Educators
He said the small school closures could lead to a “one-size fits all” style of higher education.
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US College Closings Worry Educators
That style, he said, may not be suitable for students who have learning troubles or special interests in art, music or language.
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US College Closings Worry Educators
Alexander said a government push for Americans to go to college that started in the 1980s, combined with a large population of college-aged young adults, helped many small
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US College Closings Worry Educators
But now, he said, the costs of college are high, there are fewer college-aged people, and some people are questioning the value of college.
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The first signs that a college is in danger come when there are reductions in study programs and changes “behind the scenes.”
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US College Closings Worry Educators
Alexander was asked if this year’s high number of closures is cause for alarm in higher education. “I think, within higher ed, the alarm has already been sounded.
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US College Closings Worry Educators
Alexander noted that the U.S. is unusual when compared to the rest of the world.
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US College Closings Worry Educators
The country has a lot of small schools with special study programs. He noted Oberlin College in Ohio and Wesleyan University in Connecticut, but there are many more.
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US College Closings Worry Educators
In many other countries, universities are generally not smaller than 10,000 students. “You know, all these little small colleges, and they’re really special.
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US College Closings Worry Educators
They’re delightful But they’re fragile They don’t have economies of scale.”
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US College Closings Worry Educators
Economy of scale is a reference to the lower cost of a service per person at a large university when compared to a small college.
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US College Closings Worry Educators
The cost to provide a study program is much higher per student at a small college.
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US College Closings Worry Educators
Large American universities with financial problems, such as West Virginia University, are usually able to make changes and continue to stay open.
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US College Closings Worry Educators
That is because they receive government support. “State governments don’t want to close the state university,” Alexander said.
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US College Closings Worry Educators
“When we see that happen, that will be a big deal
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US College Closings Worry Educators
Garcia, who worked at and attended Alliance, said observers may not see her school closing as a large loss in the same way they would if a famous school closed.
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US College Closings Worry Educators
But for the people who went to school and worked there, she said: “it is deeply painful.” “It really just felt special.
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US College Closings Worry Educators
It felt like we had just this little special niche there in the bottom corner of New York City…and that what we were doing was making an impact on the whole world because we would…
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