Private Nonprofit College Closures, 2016-Present
The list colleges don't want to join.
The list that follows includes private, nonprofit colleges that have closed from 2016 to the present. The list does not include colleges that have merged with or into other institutions.
2016
2017
- Crossroads College
- Memphis College of Art
- Grace University
- Saint Joseph's College (Indiana) (suspended operations, but technically did not close)
- St. Gregory's University
2018
- Atlantic Union College
- Concordia College (Alabama)
- Marylhurst University
- Morthland College
- Mount Ida College
- Newbury College
2019
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Scott Jaschik
Scott Jaschik, Editor, is one of the three founders of Inside Higher Ed. With Doug Lederman, he leads the editorial operations of Inside Higher Ed, overseeing news content, opinion pieces, career advice, blogs and other features. Scott is a leading voice on higher education issues, quoted regularly in publications nationwide, and publishing articles on colleges in publications such as The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, Salon, and elsewhere. He has been a judge or screener for the National Magazine Awards, the Online Journalism Awards, the Folio Editorial Excellence Awards, and the Education Writers Association Awards. Scott served as a mentor in the community college fellowship program of the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media, of Teachers College, Columbia University. He is a member of the board of the Education Writers Association. From 1999-2003, Scott was editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education. Scott grew up in Rochester, N.Y., and graduated from Cornell University in 1985. He lives in Washington.
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