How a top liberal arts college lost $11 million

SocratesPost is always on the frontlines scouring the news for relevant updates in the college admissions landscape. We look for anything that can help shape our understanding of the latest trends in admissions and help our readers see the direction in which we’re moving.

Questions we explored this week:

  • True or false? More students are graduating college because standards are falling.
  • Out with the websites and brochures. In with the…. What’s the new, surprisingly effective method that colleges are using to attract students?
  • This top liberal arts college just lost $11 million. Here’s what they did and who they owe.

June 12, 2019 — Likely true.
A paper published at Brown University shows that since 1990, students have been spending more time working and less time studying, but GPAs and grad rates have been risin...

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