Becker College in Worcester faced risk of potential closure in past
Updated Mar 03, 2021;
By Katie Lannan | State House News Service
Worcester’s Becker College is facing a precarious enough financial situation that officials at the Department of Higher Education believe the school “is unlikely to sustain full operations through the next academic year” and have engaged in contingency planning in case of a closure.
A Tuesday statement from the department and the New England Commission of Higher Education attributed Becker’s financial uncertainty largely to the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis and said the college’s trustees have “been meeting regularly to explore all reasonable options and determine how best they can leverage all available resources to help support a plan that prioritizes the best interests of students, faculty, and staff.”
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The Vermont State Colleges System Board of Trustees on Monday agreed to a wholesale transformation of the system, passing a resolution to merge Northern Vermont University, Castleton University and Vermont Technical College under one accreditation by July 1, 2023.
The New England Commission of Higher Education, the regional accrediting agency for post-secondary education, will have to sign off on the plan for it to move forward.
And state government â the executive branch and the Vermont General Assembly â will be called upon to provide additional funding to make the plan work.
The plan counts on finding administrative savings through consolidation, as well as investment in information technology and a virtual library serving the entire system.