That page says that the Detroit Lake campus to be closed has 111 students. Minnesota State Community and Technical College has three other campuses that students can attend, but each of those is 50 miles away.
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I worked in higher education for years, and I knew many people who wanted the tuition benefits for themselves and for their children. It was a very important factor in retaining people, in particular. My last employer was a small specialized grad school, but even they offered tuition reimbursement for classes (at other schools) related to one’s job responsibilities. I didn’t use the benefits, but some in my office did. For me, the perk that allowed me to get more than $500 extra per month for using H’s health insurance instead of my employer’s was super important. I actually would have left had they removed that benefit, because my pay was too low to justify staying without that benefit.
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This has been my experience, as well. I actually earned one of my graduate degrees through BU’s tuition benefits and not having to pay one cent towards the degree apart from textbooks was a huge factor in where I chose to work when I was weighing up job offers. This is going back some 15+ years ago, but two of my former coworkers at BU actually switched jobs to work at Northeastern specifically because their tuition benefits were better than what BU offered and back then you could lock those benefits in after a certain number of years and your kids could still use them even if you worked somewhere else at the time (I am sure this has changed by now because it was really too great of a deal…and this was also back when Northeastern was much easier to get into). Both of those coworkers did end up sending their kids to Northeastern and it covered full tuition for them, so it ended up being a great move.
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You all can agree to disagree with their leadership.
We will see if there is a staff exodus to other schools. I predict not in any sort of numbers.
University of Providence in Great Falls, Montana to close.
University of Providence to close after nearly 95 years in Great Falls
Not to be confused with Providence College in RI.
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Article on closures and mergers in 2026/2027.. breaks them down
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I mean, I’d heard of several of them before their closures were announced, but then again, I work in academia.
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Labouré merged with Curry College in Milton, MA.
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I know the Anna Maria/ Louboure /Sterling because it was in regional news (I am sure I would NOT have heard of it outside New England).
However, I had not heard of Laboure before it closed and for many reasons (professionally, personally) that is REALLY weird 
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Until recently the University of Valley Forge was called “Valley Forge Christian College.” It’s a very small, very religious school affiliated with the Assemblies of God. Not sure it is on the radar of anyone unless they are looking for a specific religious institution and a major in bible studies or pastoral care etc
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Not looking good for American International College in Massachusetts. Yet another small college trying to survive.
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Not showing it’s about to close - in fact, it just showed a profit last year, but I wonder how a school like Beloit, a fine name, but charging no more than $30K for everything (has to be below cost) and with an endowment under $100 million - I don’t know, 10, 20 years down the line- how does this work out for them?
They made money last year but from a tax credit, not in reality.
I don’t know - I see the max cost and small endowment and now other colleges will have to follow. It now seems to be a race to the bottom.
I just don’t see the math mathing - not for immediacy in trouble but it seems to me, this is one you can foreshadow perhaps.
All-In Pricing Guarantee • Admissions • Beloit College
Beloit College turns a profit - on paper only | Education | beloitdailynews.com
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Yup, I’m a pretty pissed off BU employee on behalf my '29. Tuition exchange was our plan for her.
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some really stark stats in there about the type of places that close.. wow.
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This stood out to me - it kind of says it all. It’s also sad that only 50% of kids displaced re enroll and 50% of them graduate, meaning only a quarter of kids displaced will complete a degree. Sad.
Jennifer Chrisler, President, Hampshire College:
Hampshire, like many institutions of a higher education today, faced a real firestorm between enrollment, cost of college, the changing demographics across this country, the pressure on the value of a liberal arts degree.
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Some really amazing grads came out of Hampshire, too.
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I thought they had an ace in the hole with Diane Hendricks on their board but apparently they had a falling out. Huge loss but very different politics.
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Back in the day- if you had a kid who was intellectually curious, a voracious reader, very creative, but didn’t really fit into the “box” of most high schools- Hampshire was a fantastic option. I know so many incredible adults-- successful in a wide range of professions and careers- who landed there.
I meet so many college seniors who brag about not having read a book since freshman year and the dreaded “Intro to Western Civ” or its equivalent (required course) and it is so dismaying. AI won’t make people MORE curious, it will make their thinking flabbier and more facile.
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