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no_hypocrisy

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2. Five years ago, my alma mater, Sweet Briar College announced it was closing.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sun Jul 28, 2019, 07:58 AM

Jul 2019

One of the last independent women's liberal arts college.

The alumnae stepped up with money and support. They changed the President and the Deans. The Alums found a lot of money to firm up the endowment. They cut the tuition from $55,000 to $24,000. They offered more scholarships. They changed the curriculum to STEM courses.

The school was saved and is nearly 80% capacity again and growing.

We saved Sweet Briar.

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Small colleges teetering as they fight for dollars, students [View all] TexasTowelie Jul 2019 OP

Catholic churches are closing and so go the colleges. democratisphere Jul 2019 #1

Five years ago, my alma mater, Sweet Briar College announced it was closing. no_hypocrisy Jul 2019 #2

I believe that some of the liberal arts universities will have to rethink their mission. TexasTowelie Jul 2019 #3

An awful lot of those small colleges are church-affiliated. eppur_se_muova Jul 2019 #4

But mostly what's happening Igel Jul 2019 #5