Claremont Graduate looking to merge with Pomona. Reminds me of Union University with their graduate university in the partnership merged with Clarkson University and now the Albany College of Pharmacy merging with Russel l Sage College.
Both Arizona State and Northeastern offered to merge. Would expect Pomona trying to keep the campus and expanding into graduate programs without having to investing heavily. Smart play
First I heard about that!
CGU is also a member of the Claremont Colleges consortium, and Pomona is not interested in part of the consortium being owned by another university which may change things in the area. It’s interesting (to me at least) that Keck seems to have no interest in this.
You used to hear a lot of the CGS. Rarely any more. It never truly rose in stature from where it was.
I agree absorption by a wealthy already affiliated neighbormakes sense. Maybe will even raise the profile.
ASU picking up Thunderbird though didn’t succeed in my opinion. Yes they added an undergraduate program but you hear no one talking about the school anymore. B4 U of SC, it was widely considered tops in Global Management. I work with some T-Birders and took a class there during grad sschool - it had cross reg with ASU.
Note to those who push cross reg - if it’s close, sure but I took one class there which was very good but never would have taken another. Commute hassles should not be overlooked.
For ASU, tying itself to Pomona and Scripps I suppose could have brand strength benefits -not sure for its students though.
Recruiters talk about Thunderbird all the time…
But they’re not publicized, not in any talking points. I don’t even read about it in the ASU magazine.
Grads I work with and friends who did the ASU MBA/MIM joint rue the takeover even to this day.
But what is the alternative ?
Likely closure.
T bird stood for one thing. A graduate degree in intl Mngmt. No more.
Sad. But it’s alive.
Thriving ? Honestly don’t know but you never or rarely here of it.
When kids ask about Intl Bus here, it never or rarely comes up. And given it’s a tiny campus (if it’s the same as b4), I wouldn’t recommend it getting to ASU if you’d go back and forth would be painful.
I imagine CGS is in the same boat. Merger or die - is the point. But it’s a stones through from Pomona at least.
I personally don’t ever think it had T Bird’s stature but others may disagree.
If powerhouses like these can’t succeed on their own….look out below.
Y’know what else isn’t publicized? The actuarial science programs at about 5 colleges which have so-so departments in a lot of disciplines, but outstanding pass rates on the actuarial exams. So people who hire actuaries know those schools. They don’t need “publicity” to know those schools. They get paid to know those schools.
I wouldn’t use “publicity” as the way to assess the educational quality of a program. You’re the metrics guy- if “publicity” was the be-all and end-all, the dominant college in the country would be High Point followed by SNHU. Both have fine programs depending on what a kid is looking for. But if you did a point by point comparison with U Michigan or U VA you might notice some differences.
As I’m reading, T Bird has moved from Glendale to ASU in downtown Phoenix (not ASU Tempe). But it still exists. The degree they had b4 (the MIM) does not. But they have other Masters - perhaps they come under the ASU name now.
Anyway the school lives on and ultimately that’s the goal - just like any school that merges.
Sorry for the weird link, I used a way around the paywall to share out. Albright College budget woes.
As one of the articles upthread points out, and as this article points out specifically for Albright, being a first mover can help, but even if you do that successfully the space you made isn’t going to stay filled with just you for long.
I did find it interesting how much Townsley believes in a “I alone can fix it” perspective. Basically, she has a game plan, and anyone who might stand in her way (faculty, alumni, students, other administrators) needs to be neutralized. Sometimes that works, but it also doesn’t (cf. E. Gordon Gee’s employment history)—but I worry that for those who take that path, confirmation bias is a hell of a drug.
Martin University in Indiana closing. Not really a school that can survive as it was founded in 1977. Too small of an enrollment.
I don’t know anything about Martin, but like the mission of focusing on adults returning to school, hopefully the local CCs or regional state universities can pick up some slack. That demographic has some specific needs.
Seems like non traditional students should have been part of the mission or target demographic of community colleges and local state universities to begin with. Was such focus lacking in Indiana to the point that a private university needed to exist to serve non traditional students? (Or were Black non traditional students somehow made unwelcome at the community colleges and local state universities?)
I mean in 1977 the answer was yes, I am sure. In 2025 the answer is also probably yes, unfortunately, in many places. (most places?). I am not Black and don’t know Indianapolis, so I don’t want to speak for that specific community, but I do know both communities (Black folks and working adults), even at community colleges, are not always well served. I have a parent who tried to finish a degree at community college not all that long ago and it wasn’t easy, and they had a LOT going for them.
Indianapolis has a few different options. The main community college is IVY Tech and it does serve a lot of adult learners and those looking for CC before transfering.
IU Indianapolis has started an auto admission for students in Indianapolis (Indianapolis Public Schools and surrounding townships)with a minimum GPA junior year. They just need to officially apply. The tution is commiserate to Martin’s typical cost with aid. I think this could have been a possible pull from Martin.
Butler, University of Indianapolis, Purdue Indianpolis, and Marian are also pulling kids from the Indy area to meet enrollment needs.
Indiana’s Commission for Higher Ed also has sends out letters to seniors with a possible 39+ colleges that their SAT and junior GPA can get them enrolled in. The major exceptions I noted last year were Rose Hulman, IU Bloomington, and Purdue WL.
Glad to hear a number of options in the area! Hopefully, they transition people over and let the community know of other places:) nothing was meant to be a knock on IN specifically! I sincerely hope it didn’t come across that way; not my intention, just in general, I know it is HARD to make college work for adult learners and working adults, especially first-gen working adults. It is also possible martin was terrible at it:) no clue!
None offense taken! I was just sharing what Indiana has been doing to bolster the college going rate for kids in the area. I have worked in title one schools in the Indianapolis area and was so pleased when they helped community I work with know they can go to college.
The American Association of University Professors said 40% of full-time faculty members — or 169 academics — have received voluntary separation or early retirement offers
I understand that, like college admissions, more offers will be extended than are anticipated to be accepted, but 40% is still an astoundingly large number to me. And from the comments in the article, it seems that it’s mostly the humanities and social sciences that are taking the brunt of the cuts. Although some professors are claiming it’s an attempt to clear out leftist parts of the university, I am more inclined to believe the university president who says that it’s more about fields of study with low numbers of student majors.
Spending Soars, Rankings Fall at New College of Florida
Student outcomes and rankings are slipping at the liberal arts college while spending is up. Critics believe the college is at risk of implosion, and some are calling for privatization.
Is new college becoming the Hillsdale of the south?