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Liberal arts colleges fighting to survive are discounting tuition and raising enrollment, but it s not working
Private colleges depend on tuition, room and board to keep their doors open, but amid COVID-19 and other challenges, money is tight.
David Jesse, Detroit Free Press
Published
6:08 pm UTC Feb. 14, 2021
Jada Stewart, a junior at Albion College, loads her belongings into her mother s car on Nov. 15 as she moves back to her home in Chicago.David Jesse
DETROIT – The sedan swooped in to Albion College, stopping alongside the curb next to a dorm. The trunk popped open, and in the wind, rain and cold one day last fall, Jada Stewart loaded her belongings, bag after bag into her mom s car.
Michigan s small liberal arts colleges are in fight for survival
A drive to increase enrollment at Albion College was successful in bringing more students to campus. It didn t solve Albion s problems.
David Jesse, Detroit Free Press
Published
4:42 pm UTC Feb. 20, 2021
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Albion College in Albion, Mich., Friday, Nov. 20, 2020.
Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press
The sedan swooped in to Albion College, stopping alongside the curb next to a dorm. The trunk popped open and in the wind, rain and cold one day last fall, Jada Stewart loaded her belongings bag after bag into her mom s car.
Stewart wasn t the only remaining student at Albion on that mid-November afternoon, but most were already gone. The biggest things moving in the streets were the last of the fallen leaves. Parking lots were deserted. Campus was shut down.