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College Financial Health & Viability News

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Central Michigan University Facing 45% Enrollment Drop


Lincoln College President Talks about Decision to Close College


Impact of Low Enrollment on SMaller Colleges


Lincoln College, (IL) Closing May 13, 2022


College Endowments Grew in 2021 - with caveats


Yet Another Example Faculty & Staff Opposition to a Proposed Community College Merger (Pierpont and Fairmont (WV)


Community College Enrollment Plummets (CT)


Indiana State Spring 2022 Enrollment Drops 11%


Higher Edcuation Enrollment Down 1 Million Undergrads since 2019


Colleges enroll 1M Fewer Undergrads in the Fall of 2021 then Before the Pandemic


Ohio Valley University (WV) to Close


Florida public college enrollment  decreasing


South Dakota Public Colleges Continue to Struggle with Enrollment


Colleges and Universities Reigning in Costs as Enrollment and Retention Change


Enrollment Surges at the University of Arkansas.  Slips at Several Other Arkasnsas State Colleges


Judge Delays Mills College Merger Progress


Ruling Puts Puase on MIlls College Acquisition Talks


Federal Relief Funds Keeping Small, Struggling New England Colleges Afloat for Now.


Allegheny College (PA) to cut 36 positions


A Year after The Layoffs, The University of Akron Looks to Move Forward with Some Issues Still Unresolved


Fitch Raises Higher Ed Outlook for a Small Number of Colleges


First-time College Freshmen are Dropping out, Researchers Find.


Mills College Alumnae Files Lawsuit Against the School to Save It.


University of Tennesse Adds 5th campus with Martin Methodist Merger


New Goddard College President Hopes to Revitalize Struggling College


Chancellor (PA) Faces Tough Questions on University Mergers at Legislative Hearing


Pennsylvania Plans to Merger 6 State Universities.  But, Some Fear A Slow Death for Troubled Schools


Pennsylvania Public College Merger Comments Begin Today


Who Showed Up, and Who Didn't?


Judson College Will Close and File for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy


Pennsylvania system redesgin reaches findal stages, what does that mean?


How Many Other States Will Follow Pennsylvania and Merge its Public Colleges?


Illinois Colleges Impacted by Pandemic


Utica College (NY) Sets Plans for the Future and Outlines Challenges


Colleges Respond to Enrollment Cliff


Pacific Lutheran (CA) to Cut 36 Faculty Members, Several Majors


Beck College (MA) Will Close


Mills College (CA) to Stop Operating as a College


Lincoln University (MO) Fights Enrollment Declines


Merge Ailing State Universities (PA)


A Data Revision Demsolishes the Case for Higher Education Bailouts


New Hampshire Legislative Panel Scrap Governor's Merger Plan - for Now


Mills College (CA) to Stop Enrolling Undergrads, Cease Degrees


NH Colleges Leader:  Merger Needed to Save Schools and Keep Students in State


Cabrini (University) PA Cuts Staff, Programs as Coronavirus Pandemic and Competition Take Toll


What do Demographic Projections Mean for Colleges


Spring Enrollment Keeps Slipping


FAFASA numbers down in Wisconsin, Raising Concern About Freshman Enrollment


Will Your College Go Out of Business? 


Narrowing Enrollment Pipelin Pressures Catholic Colleges       


Forbes College Financial Grades 2021: Will Your Alma Mater Survive Covid? 


Gen-Z leery of 4-year Degree Paths


Why MacMurray College Closed and Illinois College Survived


Moody's Forecasts Widespread Drop in Tuition Revenue. Here's Why it Matters.


Notre Dame de Namur hopes to prevent closure by focusing on online graduate programs


College Enrollment Shrank In Fall 2020 (But Not Everywhere)


Analysis: Hundreds of Colleges and Universities Show financial Warning Signs


Colleges:  Financial Toll of Coronavirus Worse than Anticipated


Adtalem to Acquire Walden University


George Washington Undergraduate Enrollment Falls


30 College Towns that Could Face Economic Ruin if Schools Don't Re-Open or Have to Close Again this Fall


Will Regional Universities Pass or Fail?


Higher Education Leaders: Stop Confusing Wishful Thnking With Innovation (Forbes)


Vermont Leaders Sound Fuzzy on Supplemental Funding for State's Public Colleges   


These Schools Have Some of the Largest Endowments in the Country -- Yet They Are Still Raising Tuition During the Covid Pandemic


The Corner That Statue Universities Hvae BAcked Themselves Into.


"A Failure to Thrive."  Closing a College  (Forbes )


USA Today:  Covid -19 will Hit Collegs When Students Arrive for thte Fall Semester.  So, Why Open at All?  Money is a Factor.


Higher Ed's Moment of Truth


KU Survey Didn't Actually Ask Students if They Wanted to Return in a Releases Survey they Said They Did


Freshmen Uncertain About Enrolling in Fall Classes, Survey Says


Akron Professors Vote No on 'Hit List' Layoffs that Would Tear Up Contract


 IHE Episode. 16: Monitoring Colleges’ Financial Health with Paul  


University of Alaska regents no longer considering merger


Texas Universities Have Started Shedding Jobs and are Bracing for a Serious Financial Hit


How higher education’s own choices left it vulnerable to the pandemic crisis


What football game says about COVID-19, fate of small colleges


Yale Enrollment Down Over 20% After Move to Online


President's Moves at D'Youville College Lead to Lawsuits, Unprecedented Turnover


Over 20% of Harvard Undergrads Do Not Intend to Enroll in Fall 2020


Defer or Deny?  The Decision Students Face on Whether to Head to College   Campus


Coronavirus Impact on Colleges Becomes Clearer, and it's not looking good for academia 


CNN Joins in:  The Pandemic May Have Changed The American College Experience Forever


University Towns Poised to Become the Next COVID -19 Epicenters


Presidents Give their Colleges Mixed Grades on Remote Learning


169 Best Colleges Still Searching for College Applicants And Offering Tuition Discounts


Bryan Alexander | Looking Ahead to Fall 2020


The Looming Financial Fallout - The Chronicle of Higher Edcuation


June Brought More Faculty Layoffs and Pushback


Faculty Concerns About the Fall are Mounting


Will More Unemployment Increase Fall College Enrollments


Lurching Toward Fall.  Disaster on the Horizon


College Leaders Must Explain Why - Not Just How - to Return to Campus


Johnson & Wales to close Miami and Denver Campuses


College Loan Costs Drop.  Tuition Doesn't


How to Assess the Financial Health of a Private College (Edmit.edu May 2020)


Furman University Makes Big Cuts


College Seek Legal Protection for Re-opening (IHE 5-15-20)


Public and Private Measures of Colleges' Financial Strength Spark More Discussion (IHE 5-8-20)


Public Colleges Were Already Struggling (5-11-20)


Coronaviruse May mark the End for Many Small, Liberal Arts Colleges (5-13-20)


Another Crack at Measuring a Colleges Financial Strength (IHE 5-8-20)


University of Akron to Eliminate 6 of 11 as Part of Cost-Savings Measure


Colleges at a Crossroads: Closures and Mergers (5-4-20)


Catholic Colleges, Strapped for Cash During Pandemic Struggle with RE-opening Plans


S&P Alters Outlook on Higher Education (4-20-20)


What's Behind Colleges' Bullish Statements on Their Fall Openings ( Chronicle (5-1-20)


What Are Some of the Key Decision Points for College Leaders IHE (4-30-20)


Colleges Nationwide Cut Costs with Hundreds of Layoffs, Furloughs (Campus Reform 4-24-20)


How College Leaders are Planning for the Fall


Major Cost Cutting to Respond to Covid-19 Begins


Urbana University (OH) Will Close, Ceasing Operations


Amid Backlash, Vermont Trustees Postpone Closure Decision


An Enrollment Depression?


Vermont State Colleges Could Close Three Campuses, Layoff Hundreds


Major Cost-Cutting to Respond to Covid-19 Begins, with Faculty and Staff Furloughs, and Pay Cuts


Students are Weary of Online Classes, But Colleges Can't Say Whether They Will Open This Fall. (USA Today 4-19-20)


McKinsey:  Coronavirus:  How Should U.S. Higher Education Plan for an Uncertain Future (April 2020)


Coronavirus Could Change Where Students Go To College, if They go At All


Only Free College Can Save Us


Good Luck Getting Into the Class of 2043


New Survey:  Pandemic Will Drive Down College Enrollment


Colleges with Empty Campuses Face Uncertain Future


The Hard Choices Presidents Will Have to Make


Colleges Brace for a Fall-Out of 4-10%of Their Freshman Enrollments


For Higher Education, Nothing Matters More than September


Amid Coronavirus, Pine Manor's Future Uncertain


Two Small Colleges Winding Down Operations


MacMurray Faculty: No Severence Pay


MacMurray's Toughest Challenge Too Much To Overcome


Notre Dame De Mamur University No Longer Sustainable in its Current Form


Concordia University (OR) Will Close in April 2020)


Opinion:  Another Oregon college has closed.  The pressure on higher educations isn't letting up.


5 Ways to Check a College's Financial Health


Going Out of Business:  Many Colleges Hide This  Dirty Secret

 

Mergers in Rural Minnesota

 

At Risk Colleges Should Do What's Best for Students, Alumni, Donors, and Community


UW-Whitewater chancellor:  'Drastic' enrollment declines means budget cuts, layoffs


Higher Ed Enrollment Reaches 10-Year Low


DePauw's Big Mess on Campus


Moody's Evaluates New Massachusetts College Viability Law


Education Dive:  "Higher Education's Regulators Need Overhaul"


Massachusetts Governor Signs College Financial Transparency Bill


Forbes Releases 2019 Private College Financial Grades.  Outlook  Not Good.


Editorial:  Struggling, Small Colleges Should Unite


Marlboro College Alliances is a Sign of the Times


Cincinnati Christian to Close


Will Tuition Cuts and New Perks Keep this Small Liberal Arts College Alive?


Closed College of New Rochelle (NY) Up for Auction.  Expectations May Not be Met


Humboldt State (CA) enrollment down 1,000


Marlboro College President Ignores Reality, Quits one merger partner - looks for another


Edgewood College (WI) to Cut Faculty, Majors


Vermont Struggles To Keep Colleges Open


City (Amhurst, MA) Seeks Protection from Losses from Closed College


Yet Another Story on the Demise of Small to Medium-sized Private Colleges


University of Alaska Declares Financial Exigency


Dire Financial Straights for A Private University that Made All the Wrong Bets 




http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2019/05/23/early-warning-signs-financial-trouble-institutions-often-miss-opinion" rel="noopener" target="_blank">
IHE Episode. 16: Monitoring Colleges’ Financial Healt

The College Business Model

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College Financial Health & Viability News

In Minnesota, and the US, Colleges Fight to Recruit Shrinking Pool of Students


More Students Are Dropping Out of College During Covid - and it Could Get Worse (Hechinger)


Fall 2021 Undergrad Enrollment Down Almost 500,000 students


Baker College (MI) Graduating Less Than 25% (Deteroit Free Press)


The Impact of Student Loans on Mental Health


Student Loan Crisis 'Arose from Giving Families a Blank Check'


Colleges Are All The Same.  Make Them More Like Elementary Schools.


State System (PA) Students Ponder New Opportunities After Merger


It's Easy for Most College Presidents to Wrap Themselves in School Colors.  But What Do You Do When You Lead 3 State University Campuses?


Markets work -Even in Higher Ed.   Three recent examples.


Cal U. (PA) Trustees Ask for Delay in State University Mergers


Higher Education is on an Unsustainable Path


College Pricing - the Long View


Pennsylvanians Criticize Plans to Merge Six Public Universities


Too Many College Graduates, but Little Impact on Enrollment


Seton Hall Announces Controversial Restructuring Plan


New Hampshire Education Leader Proposes New Business Model instead of Merger


Merger Plan for 6 Pennsylvania Public Colleges


University of Hartford Considers Moving from NCAA DI to DIII


Oregon Lawmakers Discuss Merger for Two and Four-Year Public Colleges


As Elite College Applications Soar, Legacy Admissions Stil  Give Wealthy and Connected Students an Edge


Fewer Kids Are Going to College Because They Say It Costs Too Much


Will colleges have the courage to make tough decisions? (opinion)


More States Turn to Public-College Mergers, but Easy Fixes May Remain Elusive


Private colleges in Michigan try new strategy: working together


The College Where 1 in 4 Students Got Coronavirus


Here is the truth about the campus budget crisis


Is it time to consider a merger?


Pennsylvania State College Move Forward with Merger Study


Christian Colleges Are Changing To Survive.  Is It Working?


University of Tennessee System to Acquire Martin Methodist College


Google has plan to disrupt the college degree


Nonprofit Mergers and Alliances;  Aligning for the Future


Moody's:  Coronavirus Drives New Business Models, Disruption for Higher Ed


Why We Need Tiny Colleges


Web Governance:  Why Institutions Need to Care About Their Digital Presence


Could "Emergency Remote Teaching" Acceleerate a Re-envisioning of Active Learning Through an Online Environment at Scale?


Higher Education Finance and the Fall Semester


Safeguarding the Interests of Students - EY Parthenon


The Financially Sustainable University - Bain


Wisconsin Private Colleges, Universities Estimate $245M in COVID-19 Losses


Vermont State Colleges Form System-Wide Task Force


How University Finances Work in a Crisis


Pine Manor College will Merge into Boston College


College and University Presidents:  Don't Let Fear Override Your Merger Considerations


University of Bridgeport to be Acquired


Top Ten Considerations in Early College Merger Deliberations


How to Keep Small Colleges from Failing


Why the Coronavirus Will Kill 500- 1,000 Colleges (Forbes 4-7-20)


Merger Model for 10 or More Private Colleges (LI April 2020)


Are College Leaders Missing the Obvious 


Marlboro College Abandons Merger Discussions with University of Bridgeport 


Marlboro College to Merge with University of Bridgeport


Cumberland and Gloucester (NJ) Expected to Merger


Marketing is Not the Answer


Former Connecticut Governor to Fix Maine's Demographic Crisis


Why Is It So Hard To Close  A College?


 The First Step to  a Survival Strategy:  Acknowledging That There is a Problem


Broken Business Models and  Private Colleges


5 questions colleges should ask before engaging in a public-private partnership


Interesting cost-cutting (HR) approach in Alaska University


Liberal arts colleges and universities digging their own final resting places


Kaufman Hall Financial Outlook:  2018  Report for Higher Education


The Boston Consortium



Private College Viability Data Analysis

Private College Viability Data Analysis

Private College Viability Data Analysis

Comparing financial data from closing (or closed) private colleges with a sample set of individual colleges


https://infogram.com/comparing-forbes-financial-grades-for-private-colleges-with-a-closing-cohort-model-1hzj4o5nxw8w2pw?live" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Comparing Forbes Financial Grades for
Private Colleges with a "Closing Cohort" Model 


Sample set of private college tuition and cost ratios compared to Forbes A , B,  C, & D graded colleges


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Edmit Financial Health Indicators


 Liberal arts colleges and universities digging their own final resting places 


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Higher Education Strategy


Higher Ed Data Stories


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Private College Sanctions, Notices, Probation, Communication

Troubled College Accreditation Notices

Currently Available Private College Accreditation Sanction, Notice, Probation, or Communication (Current list)

Currently Available Private College Accreditation Sanction, Notice, Probation, or Communication (Current list)

Higher Learning Commission  

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Middle States Commission on Higher Education 

( Non-compliance & Adverse Actions)


New England Association of Schools & Colleges

 (Commission Actions & Statements)


Northwest Commission on Colleges & Universities

 (Recent Commission Actions)


Southern Association of Colleges & Schools

 (Accreditation Actions & Disclosure Statements)


Western Association of Schools & Colleges

 (Commission Actions)


Note:  The Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges do not provide public updates on colleges in their  areas.  Click on the links above to request information on schools of interest to you.

Currently Available Private College Accreditation Sanction, Notice, Probation, or Communication (Current list)

Currently Available Private College Accreditation Sanction, Notice, Probation, or Communication (Current list)

Currently Available Private College Accreditation Sanction, Notice, Probation, or Communication (Current list)

Higher Learning Commission

 

On Notice

  • Alderson Broaddus University
  • Bethel College
  • Dodge City Community College
  • East Central College
  • Finlandia University
  • Kaskaskia College
  • Morton College
  • Vincennes University

On Probation

  • Arkansas Baptist College
  • Bacone College
  • Grace University
  • Leech Lake Tribal College
  • Luna Community College
  • Saint Paul College-A Community & Technical College
  • Wentworth Military Academy and College
  • Wilberforce University



Middle States Commission on Higher Education

 

Accredited on Warning

  • University of Maryland, College Park
  • Rowan College at Burlington County
  • Daniel Morgan Graduate School of National Security
  • College of New Rochelle, The
  • Arcadia University

Accredited on Probation

  • University of Valley Forge
  • Davis College
  • Wells College
  • Concordia College


The remainder of the accrediting agencies do not provide access to the status of troubled private colleges.


College Viability Commentary

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College Viability Commentary

Red Teaming:  The Events Leading to the Collapse of Higher Education


No News is Bad News for Struggling Colleges


Today is Day More Colleges Will Decide To Close.


The Statistic That Should Worry Us Most


What Does An 18-Month Closure Warning Look LIke for Struggling Private Colleges?


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