Limestone has to have been working on this. The article said the NCAA is holding an event where athletes can discuss transfers with other schools on April 25. This has to have been put together more than a few days ago.
Some of Limestone’s teams are pretty good and competitive. They are D2.
That was my first thought, but after reading the article, it doesn’t seem like all 40 positions are just from the majors cut. It is most probably “realignment” of positions by getting rid of those associated with these majors and offering fewer sections university-wide of classes that aren’t heavily enrolled.
According to the Chronicle of Higher Education stories on Jacksonville’s struggles, they’ve had a structural deficit for some years now. $60M, not all of which is unrestricted, won’t last long in such a case.
This just happened:
But two agendas - so I put little credence in these votes.
no prof wants to be laid off or cut things
the administration has to keep the school afloat.
Is he the right president? Can he fundraise - that’s a different issue.
You can get a sense of what programs were being offered at JU at the College Navigator website.
College Navigator - Jacksonville University
It’s clear they could consolidate under-enrolled programs, but it’s hard to get any details from the current news articles or JU official announcements.
Interestingly, about 1/3 of the BA/BS degrees award at JU are in Nursing. I live in Jacksonville, and I always think of their business school (I’ve worked with several graduates) and its popular MBA program.
I always remember the great Dolphins basketball teams and Celtics great Dee Brown in the NCAA tourney…that’s what JU means to me. Of course, they had Artis Gilmore prior - but that was before my time.
I forgot that! Gilmore was not before the time of this Bulls fan 
Gilmore still holds the NCAA D1 record for highest career rebounding average (22.7/game). JU retired his number (53). I wonder what his major at JU was, that doesn’t seem to be out there on a quick google search.
Totally off topic, but I found a fascinating article about Artis Gilmore. The fascination stems from the fact that it is a bit of a snapshot into how race was discussed at that particular point in time. Artis Gilmore: Sleeping Giant of Florida, 1966 – From Way Downtown
Back to the subject at hand …
And Artis Gilmore took Jacksonville to a Final Four! Thise were the days.
The Union University Union of colleges will loose another college as Albany college of Pharmacy merges with Russell Sage College. A very unusual structure and this would be the second merger after Union graduate college was taken over by Clarkson University
I know that Sage has had rough financial times, so I’m not feeling particularly confident about the outcome of the merger long term … but it will allow them to cut some administrative staff, which might buy some time. However, since 2019, Sage’s financial position has actually improved a lot, so maybe that will benefit the merger.
*I am not at all saying they are imminently closing, but has anyone heard anything about Wagner being in dire financial straits? My good friend’s athlete child is thinking about committing there, but she had heard rumblings about them being in a precarious financial situation, many programs currently on the chopping blocks, several different presidents in recent years, etc. and is concerned whether they’ll be solvent over the next several years. Just wondering if others had heard similar.
Do you mean Wagner College in Staten Island? That’s a City University of NY school and CUNY is healthy, at least for now (current political situation notwithstanding). There are several other CUNY schools on Staten Island and I am sure that even if CUNY’s finances became dire, they could consolidate. I believe that the largest is the College of Staten Island.
No, Wagner is private.
No, Wagner College is not a CUNY. Yes, it’s on Staten Island, but it’s a private, independent college.
@circuitrider, do you know anything regarding the financial status of Wagner?
It’s difficult to assess college financials, but here are some metrics for Wagner
Wagner college had a C in the Forbes 2024 financial grades (article is paywalled, and 2025 is out)
Fitch recently downgraded Wagner to a BBB- rating (this article has a lot of financial deatil): https://www.fitchratings.com/research/us-public-finance/fitch-downgrades-wagner-college-ny-idr-revs-to-bb-outlook-negative-28-02-2025
Endowment is about $100M
Here’s their 2023 Form 990 Wagner College - Nonprofit Explorer - ProPublica
It does seem like their financial status is declining, but not sure how that is playing out on campus and impacting students.
From a Chronicle of Higher Education summary of news around the proposed Russell Sage/Albany College of Pharmacy merger in their daily news roundup, an interesting wrinkle, with emphasis added: “The pharmacy college’s enrollment has been falling for 13 years, but it brings to the table an endowment with relatively few restrictions. Russell Sage, which took over some programs when the nearby College of Saint Rose closed in 2024, expects to be able to pay off a chunk of debt after the completion of the transaction, which is expected in 2027.”
Basically, Albany College of Pharmacy offers Russell Sage liquid assets. Now it makes a whole lot more sense.
Nothing in my “grapevine”. I could tell from my visit some ten years ago that they were not heavily invested in STEM which is easily the most costly part of a traditional liberal arts curriculum. But for someone interested in business and accounting plus the visual arts, it seemed perfectly adequate; the campus is surprisingly attractive for an urban college.