As small Mass. colleges close, a growing focus on saving the students rather than the schools
As demographic decline and financial pressures push more colleges toward closure, leaders are looking beyond mergers and asking: what’s worth saving?
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Will new federal student loan caps make grad school more affordable or less attainable?
Critics warn the limits could hurt the Massachusetts economy and shut out low-income students. -
State education board members worry about timing, budget for new graduation requirements
Massachusetts school districts would have until fall 2027 to get their curriculum into alignment, and roughly two years for yet-to-be-formed councils to draw up new end-of-year assessments. -
Hampshire College reverses course again, says it will remain open through end of year
After warning that financial challenges could accelerate its closure, the Amherst liberal arts college says it has secured enough funding to stay open through the fall semester and support its teach-out. -
Massachusetts makes $25M bet on quantum research lab at MIT
The state is committing $25 million to help build what will be called the Quantum Systems Laboratory in Cambridge -
Colleges, looking to build back trust, embrace cost transparency
Historically, colleges have made pricing opaque. That’s slowly beginning to change. -
'To know is not enough': Hampshire College graduates reflect on their time as last graduating class
Hampshire College held its final graduation ceremony this weekend in Amherst, MA. -
One Vermont school’s plan to survive? A bachelor’s in emergency services
Saint Michael’s College in Colchester, Vt., is offering deep tuition discounts and launching a new program in emergency services to train EMTs and firefighters. -
BC High School officials explain why they decided to add a sixth grade
Boston College High School added a middle school 20 years ago, called the Arrupe Division, and will expand it starting in 2027. -
Harvard graduate student union strikes as negotiations hit a wall
Wages and changes to working conditions are the main holdups, student leaders say. -
Hampshire College to close at end of 2026
The college in Amherst, Mass., has been facing financial difficulties for years.
