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At the same time, #universities regarded as #elite & prominent public #schools receive way more applications than they could ever accept.

“It’s a bifurcated market between the haves & have-nots,” Selingo said. “The question is, how many of the have-nots will follow #Hampshire?”

#education #HigherEducation #LiberalArts #academia #colleges #economy #funding

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Nonilex 2h ago

Jeffrey Selingo, an author of several books on #HigherEducation, says many small #schools in the Northeast & Midwest are facing enrollment problems, as shrinking states produce fewer young people. And since most people go to #college within 50 miles of home, schools in shrinking communities often lack a big pool of possible students to draw from, or have to share the pool with other #colleges.

#education #academia #knowledge #universities #QualityOfLife #economy #funding

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Nonilex 2h ago

Part of #Hampshire College’s downfall may also relate to “public discussion in this country about the value of a #LiberalArts #education,” Chrisler said.

“Some of it is a persistent & ill informed, I think, belief at the #federal level that the only value of an education is what you #earn four years after your graduation,” she said.

#HigherEducation #academia #knowledge #colleges #universities #QualityOfLife #worth #value #economy #funding

Nonilex 2h ago

#HampshireCollege, a small #LiberalArts #school in Western #Massachusetts, will close permanently after the fall semester.

#Hampshire, in #Amherst, MA, joins an epidemic of #college closures over the past two decades. More than 300 US #colleges & #universities closed from 2008 to 2024, acc/to an analysis by The Hechinger Report.

#education #HigherEducation #academia #economy #funding
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/us/hampshire-college-closing-amherst-massachusetts-enrollment.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Hampshire College Will Close Amid Student Enrollment Declines

Other small private colleges like Hampshire have closed in recent years as financial pressures and competition for students increase.

The New York Times

ABC Feeds 9h ago

Path cleared for UTAS to sell Sandy Bay land for residential development
By Josh Duggan

The Tasmanian government's bill allowing the university to sell off land at its "upper" Sandy Bay campus, above Churchill Avenue, will pass through parliament.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-16/university-of-tasmania-sandy-bay-campus-land-sale/106561824

#Universities #StateandTerritoryParliament #JoshDuggan

Path cleared for UTAS to sell Sandy Bay land for residential development

The Tasmanian government's bill allowing the university to sell off land at its "upper" Sandy Bay campus, above Churchill Avenue, will pass through parliament.