This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for July 15, 2024

It was last Monday that Northwestern College (IL) (NOT University)announced its closure. They announced it on Monday. They had turned out the lights the previous Saturday. So, let’s start this hot summer week in anticipation of the next college that will wreak havoc on its students, faculty, and community with another short-notice closure.
This week’s higher education news and commentary include:
1. Layoffs and cutbacks.
2. Another college in financial trouble is recruiting students from a closed college.
3. An entire nursing faculty resigns
4. Hampshire College continues to join the podcast. I am ready to put them in the same frequent flier list as BSC, Webster, and Northland,
5. I have a college sports story that has implications for non-Power-4 colleges financial health.
6. And the good folks at Northwestern College are charged with lying to their students about transfer options.
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Podcast Show notes:
Western Illinois University lays off 36 employees
(www.wgem.com/2...)
Number of faculty layoffs at Delta State still in flux
(mississippitod...)
Queens University of Charlotte says it will make cuts after missing enrollment goal (www.charlotteo...)
All nursing faculty resign from Dickinson State University (www.kfyrtv.com...)
‘A rat fleeing a sinking ship’: Students, staff, alumni react to Hampshire woes
(www.masslive.c...)
Fitch: “Tuition Growth Not Enough to Preserve Margins for U.S. Private Colleges” (www.fitchratin...)
With the future of college sports uncertain, one thing is clear: An official and permanent split of NCAA Division I is here (sports.yahoo.c...)
Which Private Colleges Always Lose Money? (robertkelchen....)
U.S. Confidence in Higher Education Now Closely Divided (news.gallup.co...)
You just shut the door’: Northwestern College lied to students in closure message regarding transfer options (wgntv.com/news...)