The First Domino Has Fallen

[CALUPA69]

According to this article, Vermont had 4* colleges close in 2019. The intellectual entity that is Marlboro College will merge with Emerson College in Boston, but the physical campus in Vermont was recently listed for sale.

https://www.wgbh.org/news/education/...-economy-slips

The trend I've noticed with schools closing is they seem to be small, private, liberal arts colleges that are unremarkable academically. We've got about 50 of those in Minnesota, so it's going to be interesting to see what happens here in the next 10 years.

EDIT: For those interested, I found this tracker that lists school closures and mergers. They're pretty loose with the terms though. Doesn't look like Henderson State is going away even though this list makes it seem like they are.

https://www.educationdive.com/news/t...dation/539961/

Very informative site, thanks. Curious how Minn. is able to sustain a system of apparently 30 some state colleges with a population of only 5.7M. Are they the cause of what appears to be the demise of small liberal arts institutions in the state?

[SW_Mustang]

According to this article, Vermont had 4* colleges close in 2019. The intellectual entity that is Marlboro College will merge with Emerson College in Boston, but the physical campus in Vermont was recently listed for sale.

https://www.wgbh.org/news/education/...-economy-slips

The trend I've noticed with schools closing is they seem to be small, private, liberal arts colleges that are unremarkable academically. We've got about 50 of those in Minnesota, so it's going to be interesting to see what happens here in the next 10 years.

EDIT: For those interested, I found this tracker that lists school closures and mergers. They're pretty loose with the terms though. Doesn't look like Henderson State is going away even though this list makes it seem like they are.

https://www.educationdive.com/news/t...dation/539961/

[SW_Mustang]

Three Vermont schools have gotten a reprieve from possibly closing- Vermont Tech, Northern Vermont-Johnson and Northern Vermont-Lyndon.

I suppose they could merge the three and call it Vermont Lyndon-Johnson Tech...........

https://www.wcax.com/content/news/VS...569960551.html

Lyndon's Johnson School of Technology - Vermont.

[laker]

Three Vermont schools have gotten a reprieve from possibly closing- Vermont Tech, Northern Vermont-Johnson and Northern Vermont-Lyndon.

I suppose they could merge the three and call it Vermont Lyndon-Johnson Tech...........

https://www.wcax.com/content/news/VS...569960551.html

[ctrabs74]

D3 MacMurray closed about a week or so ago- not sure if that was from the virus or something else.

This is MacMurray College in Illinois, not McMurry University in Abilene, Texas (for those keeping track at home):

https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200327/m...fter-174-years

After years of financial strugglesno viable financial path forward for the four-year liberal arts college, citing declining enrollments, rising competitive costs, and an insufficient endowment as major factors in the decision.

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Despite its long history, the college struggled in recent years.

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Faculty and staff had been working to create a new and sustainable business model for the college that would have broadened its professional degree programs and reached out to more non-traditional students.

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[CALUPA69]

More university presidents are saying no sports in the Fall:

https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...answers-needed

Curious question. If there is no football, are scholarships still in effect ? How about non-crowd sports like cross country and golf?

[cwfenn]

More university presidents are saying no sports in the Fall:

https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...answers-needed

[crixus]

The University of Minnesota will freeze tuition for most students at its five campuses in the next academic year.

That was nice of them. You'd never see that here in California. Tuition goes up every couple of years, but it's never gone down to my knowledge. Kudos to the University of Minnesota.

[laker]

The University of Minnesota will freeze tuition for most students at its five campuses in the next academic year.

[crixus]

Cincinnati Christian University (est. 1924) announced their closing last fall and made it official in January of this year. But their sports program were in the NAIA.

https://ccuniversity.edu/wp-content/...ure-Notice.pdf

[Tech Boys]

Notre Dame de Namur dropped all sports and might end up closing but apparently NDNU was already in survival mode for a while. Urbana was saved from closing in 2014 when Franklin University bought the school.

[laker]

First college, and D2 program, to shut down due to COVID-19 I believe: https://www.whio.com/news/local/urba...H7KZSMDVAQ6NY/

D3 MacMurray closed about a week or so ago- not sure if that was from the virus or something else.

[BearsLRU]

First college, and D2 program, to shut down due to COVID-19 I believe: https://www.whio.com/news/local/urba...H7KZSMDVAQ6NY/

[laker]

Iowa's RAGBRAI bike ride called off for 2020 due to coronavirus concerns

[laker]

National and regional Legion baseball is cancelled. No word yet about a regular season in Minnesota.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 American Legion World Series and all 8 regional tournaments have been canceled. The awarding of American Legion Baseball scholarships for 2020 have also been suspended.