This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for March 30, 2026

This week’s top stories and commentary:

+ Layoffs and cutbacks including cancellation of a December graduation event at an Ohio college

+ Bill would let Kentucky universities lay off tenured faculty during financial crisis

+ Missouri wants to subsidize public colleges based on their enrollment.  You can imagine the protests coming from colleges.

+ED Plans to ease merger pathways.  I have some notes on that.

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Syracuse University to axe nine majors as cost-cutting at the school continues

Walla Walla Community College eyes 43 layoffs, closing a branch campus

Baldwin Wallace University cancels December 2026 commencement amid financial concerns

Central Ohio (Old Dominican) university misses debt payment following years of financial, enrollment losses

Bill would let Kentucky universities lay off tenured faculty during financial crisis

Plan to defund some Missouri colleges and universities hits wall in Senate

ED Plans to Ease Merger Pathways