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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I suspect it'll close doors in the next 15 years. Lot of underperforming, small liberal arts-type schools in the middle of nowhere have a long, difficult road ahead of them as the higher ed landscape continues to evolve.[/quote]

You again? You who periodically comes around to make baseless claims that established colleges are going to close down because the “higher ed landscape continues to evolve”? Pray, tell, what about the evolving higher ed landscape will force these poor, little ‘ol schools to “close doors”?[/quote]

Uh, what? I think you’ve mistaken me for someone else. But to answer your question: fewer and fewer students want to study in a small, remote LAC in an undesirable part of the country; same goes for quality faculty; and a tiny endowment doesn’t bode well for the school’s future.[/quote]

This x100 - many small colleges without a niche or substantive following will be closing in the next 10-20 years. 74% of all schools were found to have financial issues - a 10 second search found that article on CNBC. For example, Ithaca is having money problems. Hampshire will likely shut down. Plenty of other named schools are in the same boat. I wouldn't touch HWS with $10 of my money - why bet on a school that probably has a 50% shot of surviving the next decade? There are 500+ schools in better financial shape. [/quote]

+1. My own school is 30 million in the red.  And parents are really reassessing whether these schools are worth $81k+ a year.[/quote]

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