A Look Back at College Closures and Mergers in 2023

More than a dozen colleges announced closures this year. Most struggled with enrollment issues that only accelerated after the coronavirus pandemic.

In today's rapidly changing landscape of higher education, institutions must carefully consider mergers or partnerships as a viable option for ...

More than a dozen colleges announced closures this year. Most struggled with enrollment issues that only accelerated after the coronavirus ...

Let's start with a big picture observation. The total number of American higher education institutions shrank by 2%, “from 5,918 in 2022–23 to ...

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/business/financial-health/2023/12/21/look-back-college-closures-and-mergers-2023.

At least 72 public or nonprofit colleges have closed, merged, or announced closures or mergers since March 2020.

Here's a thread inspired by bjcheung77. A Look Back at College Closures and Mergers in 2023 https://www.insidehighered.com/news/busi...rgers-2023.

The contraction of colleges and universities in the United States invites parallel comparisons with how specie populations adjust to ...

In the first half of 2024, institutions of higher education in the United States closed permanently at the rate of one per week, according to ...

Declining enrollment has increased the financial challenges of most types of colleges. All sectors of institutions, when viewed by size, have ...

Notably, the four-year nonprofits that closed in 2023 were “very small,” enrolling an average of 123 students. “Nationwide, 'only' a few ...

At least 30 colleges closed their only or final campus in the first 10 months of 2023, including 14 nonprofit colleges and 16 for-profit colleges.

Undergraduate enrollment in 2023 was 15% below peak levels from fall 2010, “with no meaningful growth expectation on the horizon,” Fitch Ratings ...

A look back at the college closures and mergers of 2023 https://t.co/n8KZzGfmdm.

And we still haven't talked about mergers in higher education. Yes, mergers are less common than closures—blame presidents and boards of ...

About one university or college per week so far this year, on average, has announced that it will close or merge. That's up from a little more ...

The new data comes as concerns grow around college closures. In late April, The Hechinger Report said an average of one college each week ...

Jonathan Wexler, about his study of university consolidation and closures. The two discuss the types of institutions at greatest risk and ...

... Education Statistics shows that nearly 100 institutions closed between the 2022–23 and 2023–24 academic years ... closures or mergers to ...

But while neither institution may have been facing immediate existential threat, few college leaders can afford not to be looking for ways to ...