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What's Next: Iowa Wesleyan Students, Staff Grapple With Possible Closure

November 07, 2018

Iowa Wesleyan University may be closing its doors after 176 years due to "significant financial challenges". Without an immediate infusion of cash, this may be the small liberal arts college's last semester, leaving students, faculty and staff wondering: What’s next?  Administrators at the small liberal arts college in Mount Pleasant say Iowa Wesleyan has to raise $2.1 million in order to stay open for the spring 2019 semester, and $4.5 million to fund another school year.

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