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As New England Liberal Arts Colleges Struggle Financially, One Pins Hopes on Health Care Majors – Ed Surge

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New England is known for fall foliage, devotion to its controversial football team and its concentration of small colleges. But financial challenges are endangering this institutional species, forcing campuses in the region to adapt or die.

Since 2015, 14 institutions in New England have closed and nine have merged, says Barbara Brittingham, president of the New England Commission of Higher Education. More mergers are planned. Last week, the University of Maine system voted to integrate its multiple-campus system and pursue combined accreditation, and there are plans in Connecticut to merge a dozen community colleges into a single institution.

At Colby-Sawyer College, in New Hampshire, the search for a sustainable future led leaders to think about how their liberal arts institution could stand out from its peers. Discovering lots of local unfilled health care jobs, college leaders decided to build on the success of the school’s nursing program and create five new health science majors intended to direct students toward those employment opportunities.

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