Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A couple others that have known financial and enrollment challenges in recent years:

Emerson
Muhlenberg
Ithaca

Add Washington College (MD) to this list.

Ithaca is struggling?

Not at all. It does have a small deficit that it needs to fix but their endowment is decent and they aren’t in any near term danger as long as they keep their enrollment stable.

Look at who shows up on this list year after year.

https://www.nacacnet.org/college-openings-update/

Anonymous wrote:Occidental, University of Southern California, Georgetown and many of the lesser known schools mentioned earlier in the thread.

USC and Georgetown are doing fine.

Anonymous wrote:Occidental

+1 I lived in Los Angeles and this was a popular destination for full-pay kids who went to my HS like 20 years ago, but now it's declining in terms of enrollment and finances and no longer a popular destination.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A couple others that have known financial and enrollment challenges in recent years:

Emerson
Muhlenberg
Ithaca

Add Washington College (MD) to this list.

Ithaca is struggling?

Ithaca has been struggling financially for a while. They took some measures a few years ago so hopefully will be on better footing. But, I think Ithaca hasn’t filled their class and has had substantial enrollment declines. My student ended up not applying but got so many desperate emails encouraging an application even after the deadline. Ithaca had 6,500 students back in 2018 and are now under 5k and have missed enrollment targets in recent years.

https://theithacan.org/56509/news/variations-in-enrollment-patterns-lead-ic-to-modernize-recruitment-strategies/

https://www.ithaca.edu/news/administrators-provide-update-deficit-elimination-planning

https://theithacan.org/61950/news/ithaca-college-restructures-amid-budget-deficit/

Make them into care centers for the lunatics they take off the streets of NYC. And make some of them schools to train people to care for these people appropriately.

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Anonymous wrote:Salem college, Sweet Briar, Hollins and Meredith Southern women’s colleges are a dying breed.

These are what I thought of too. UMW seems to be dropping/consolidating majors which is going to affect enrollment.

Unlikely to affect enrollment. They are just closing or consolidating some majors that have fewer students than most. Popular majors are safe.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A couple others that have known financial and enrollment challenges in recent years:

Emerson
Muhlenberg
Ithaca

Add Washington College (MD) to this list.

Ithaca is struggling?

For New England - Rivier and Colby-Sawyer in NH, MCLA, Monserrat, and Nichols in MA, and St. Michael's in VT are definitely in make it or break it mode.

Not saying they are super well known but if you are from NE, you had people in your HS go there back in the day.

Anonymous wrote:Why don't some of these small colleges revamp into residential programs for skilled trades?

This is sort of what one of the schools mentioned upthread, Keuka, has done - it’s leaning heavily into nursing and PT/OT majors. It is also renting out its campus for private events.

Anonymous wrote:They should be turned into senior housing. Apartment with dining hall onsite. And recreation facilities. Perfect living situation.

They could become frats & sororities for retirees. Like Blue in Old School.

They should be turned into senior housing. Apartment with dining hall onsite. And recreation facilities. Perfect living situation.

Why don't some of these small colleges revamp into residential programs for skilled trades?

Anonymous wrote:Allegheny College
Earlham College
Beloit College
Cornell College
Lake Forest College
Juniata College
Wittenberg University
Bethany College

These aren't well known

Guilford College in NC