Pine Manor College, a school for low-income students, is low on income, too

Boston Globe

December 23, 2011

Fifteen years ago, as enrollment at many women's schools dwindled, Pine Manor College assumed a new identity: It focused on low-income women who showed perseverance, if not perfect grades. The move transformed Pine Manor into one of the nation's most ethnically diverse small colleges and brought in many students who went on to promising careers in law, business, and health. It earned press and praise. What it didn't earn was money. While focusing on poor students, Pine Manor itself became poor. And it is getting poorer. Now, at 100 years old, it faces a second identity crisis: Can it maintain the commitment to low-income students and survive?

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