Vermont Likely to Close 3 State Colleges

[thetrailboss]

https://vtdigger.org/2020/04/30/castleton-university-president-resigns/

And note the NVU president is also looking for a job. You can't make this stuff up.

Well, the NVU President put feelers out a while back.

Shocking that the Chancellor decided to put stable CSU into chaos by unilaterally deciding he was going to fire the President and then move the NVU President over there. That obviously backfired badly. So now there are FOUR institutions with a serious clouds over their heads.

A FOIA also revealed that the Chancellor had been warning the Governor and Legislature of issues a month before he unveiled the controversial plan.

 

[VTKilarney]

An interesting quote from a letter to the editor in today’s newspaper:

According to data from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS), the residential Vermont State Colleges (Castleton, Northern Vermont University, and Vermont Technical College) spend 66% more per student on administrative expenses than other comparable colleges. When the additional costs of the chancellor’s office are added, the contrasts are even more extreme.

 

[VTKilarney]

The bad news just keeps coming for NVU-Lyndon.

From VTDigger:
The most precipitous enrollment downswings are forecast at Northern Vermont University, where school officials say that headcounts could drop by as much as 30% next year. Pearce’s analysis notes that, as of May 15, only 99 accepted applicants at NVU-Lyndon had submitted deposits for the fall. That’s exactly half as many as had made deposits by this time last year.

https://vtdigger.org/2020/06/09/rep...-30-million-or-more-to-get-through-next-year/

Let's be honest. It's over for NVU-Lyndon. The people in denial about that reality are the last couple of people left at the party wondering who turned out the lights.