This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Nov 24, 2025

This Thanksgiving week podcast includes stories on:

+ We are now ‘sunsetting’ programs and majors.

+ Columbia considers expanding undergraduate enrollment by up to 20 percent   (I wonder why?_

+ Rider U’s financial and accreditation troubles continue to make news.

+ In a dog bites man story:  University Of Nebraska Faculty Senate Votes No-Confidence Against its  Chancellor

+ When grades stop meaning anything (UC San Diego story from last week) Kelsey Piper on her Substack site

Show notes:

My email:  gary@collegeviability.com

Simmons University proposes sunsetting five undergraduate majors during Town Hall

UCF lays off more than 60 employees as federal research funding dries up

Columbia considers expanding undergraduate enrollment by up to 20 percent

A major N.J. university is on ‘probation.’ Here’s what that means for students

N.J. university plans to cut 25% of professors — but its union is pushing back

Dept of Ed changes ……LI Post

Colleges ease the dreaded admissions process as the supply of applicants declines

University Of Nebraska Senate Votes No-Confidence Against Chancellor

When grades stop meaning anything

2 weeks after Trinity Christian closure announcement, Palos Heights knows little about college sale plans