Get Ready for July Madness

There are no brackets to guide you through it, but July is the prime month for presidential transitions at private colleges. To keep up on who's going where, visit our Comings and Goings page, with up-to-the-minute news of the many appointments now being made.

NAICU Launches 2020 Initiative

NAICU and the Council of Independent Colleges have launched "Building Blocks to 2020," recognizing and encouraging private college and university efforts to help the nation reach President Obama's 2020 college education goal. For details, or to sign up your institution to participate, go to www.naicu.edu/2020.

    

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Small colleges' survival lessons

Boston Globe

July 3, 2009

While none of the presidents of local colleges on the US Department of Education watch list said their schools are on the brink of closure, one school - Daniel Webster College in Nashua - was acquired by a for-profit company in June. The rest, meanwhile, are scrambling to cut costs and come up with entrepreneurial ventures to right themselves.

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