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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.

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.

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

By Michael Drucker

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.

By Falguni A. Sheth

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.

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

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

By Peter Eckel and Cathy Trower

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