Eastern Nazarene College to Close

Eastern Nazarene College, a private, nonprofit Christian liberal arts institution in Massachusetts, said late Tuesday that it would close and transition to “a new educational enterprise” to carry on its legacy. The institution’s announcement said that “like all small, private, liberal arts colleges,” Eastern Nazarene has struggled financially. Data on the college’s website shows that its unduplicated head count enrollment fell from 699 in 2020 to 652 in 2021 and to 541 in 2022, the most recent information available.