18 Small Colleges: No Room for Error 

 

Sources

Three Worrisome Trends in U.S. Higher Education (Washington Post)

Mills College Declares Financial Emergency (Wall Street Journal)

Mills College in Oakland Votes to Lay Off Faculty Rather Than Admit Men (SFist)

A School Defaults, a For-Sale Sign Goes Up, but No One Bites (Wall Street Journal)

Many Small Colleges Face Big Enrollment Drops. Here’s One Survival Strategy in Ohio.
(Washington Post)

Report Finds Many Small, Private Colleges Are in Strong Financial Shape (Education Dive)

 

Further Reading

The Slow Death of a For-Profit Law School (Inside Higher Ed)

Trouble from the Grave (Inside Higher Ed)

ACE, Higher Education Groups File Brief in Bankruptcy Tuition “Claw Back” Case
(Leadership and Advocacy News/ACE)

Loan Program for Black Colleges Struggles With Oversight, Repayment (Wall Street Journal)