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Strength in Smaller Numbers?

Experts worry college closings hurt the overall ecosystem more than they help competitors. Past examples show enrollment boosts can be small after a nearby college shuts down, but some institutions can still strengthen themselves with savvy moves.

Consolidation and Completion Gains

Merger between a low-performing community college and a nearby university has increased graduation and transfer rates -- and could be a model for other colleges.

The Best Education Isn't Cost-Effective

Hampshire’s model provides excellent education precisely because it is not efficient, argues Falguni A. Sheth, and that's why we need to protect it.

Hampshire College: Fold, Don’t Merge

Michael Drucker proposes what he thinks would be an ethical conclusion to the experimental college.

Proposed Cuts Imperil 1,300 University Jobs

Alaska's governor proposes a 41 percent cut, the largest in a century, to the public university system. State's only medical education would be eliminated.

Stop Planning!

Colleges and universities would be better served by focusing on the other half of strategic planning: the strategy, Peter Eckel and Cathy Trower argue.

F&M Sticks to Admissions Policies Even as Budget Cuts Loom

Liberal arts college has won praise for recruiting talented low-income students, but rising tuition discounting has cut into funding.

A Different Challenge to Fraternities

A lawsuit alleging rampant sexual misconduct among Yale's Greek chapters has demanded they admit women.