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St. Andrews University announces abrupt closure

The North Carolina liberal arts institution’s president said that “financial sustainability is no longer attainable.”
Dive Brief:
St. Andrews University, in North Carolina, will cease operations next Monday at the end of its spring semester, it announced abruptly on Friday.  The institution, which became a branch of Florida-based Webber International University after a 2011 merger, has “reached a point where financial sustainability is no longer attainable,” Campus President Tarun Malik said in a community message. St. Andrews said it is still ironing out formal teach-out agreements for students to finish their studies. On its website, St. Andrews listed more than a dozen institutions that have “expressed interest in supporting our students.”

Dive Insight:

St. Andrews offered little detail about what went wrong at the university beyond Malik’s note about financial sustainability. 
The small liberal arts institution’s enrollment has fluctuated in recent years, federal data shows.  … more at … https://www.highereddive.com/news/st-andrews-university-announces-abrupt-closure/746540/

May 14, 2025 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized