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New York-based Briarcliffe College will close its two campuses by the end of 2018, Newsday reports.
Briarcliffe is owned by Career Education Corporation, a for-profit college chain based in Illinois. Career Ed put the institution up for sale about seven months ago but did not find an appropriate buyer. The college isn't accepting any new students and will "teach out" the students already enrolled. Operations will end on the Bethpage, N.Y., campus in April 2018. The college's online program and the Patchogue, N.Y., campus will cease operations in December 2018.
In a notice to the state labor department, Briarcliffe acknowledged that the college was closing for financial reasons. Briarcliffe's enrollment had fallen by 50 percent in the last 10 years. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the college enrolled about 1,700 students last year.
