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Concerns about a federal funding freeze prompted some colleges to take action, but job and program cuts last month mostly stemmed from falling enrollments and budget issues.

A planned merger between the University of Findlay and Bluffton University that was in the works for a year is off after Findlay’s board voted against moving forward with the proposal.

The University of Rochester gave multiple reasons for backing out and leaving students to try their luck with the NLRB, which has been drastically transformed since the president took office. Other student workers are wary, too.

The university’s board has been trying to remove a trustee for months, but that effort has been prevented by the courts. Now a subcommittee has deemed him ineligible to run again.

In part two of a three-part series, former senior leaders at Cabrini University outline the steps they took to help students and employees navigate the institution’s closure.

College officials say the pause is necessary while they determine the impacts of the potential federal funding cuts.