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June 30, 2025
27:49
E164
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for June 30, 2025
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TWICV News and Commentary for June 30, 2025
+ Many layoff and cutback announcements last week.
+ Cornell College (IA) steers away from financial health toward marketing hail mary.
+ My alma mater: typical of the plight of public And private colleges.
+ Tuition discount rate continues to move upward. Good for the students. Not so much for the colleges.
+ Seth O’dell: it’s the trends that matter. Enrollment is still down from pre-pandemic.
+ A newsletter story from Anand Sanwal that suggests colleges get some skin in the game – just like every other industry has had to do over time.
Show Note Story Links:
San Francisco State to cut 3 athletic programs
Stanford University To Lay Off Staff, Cut $140 Million From Its Budget
Sonoma State slashed programs, athletics. Now, it's getting $45M from state budget
USC plans to order significant budget cuts
Birmingham-Southern College remains closed as neighbors hope for new life on campus
Cornell College’s Early Financial Aid Promise Could Be A Trend-Setter
Eastern’s (IL) 20-year enrollment decrease is part of statewide trend
Tuition Discounting Hits Another High
Persistence and retention rates hit some of their highest levels in nearly a decade
Skin in the game: Fixing higher education’s student debt problem from Nov 16, 2024 newsletter
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