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Finlandia University is the latest private college to fall

University Business

Michigan’s only private university in the state’s upper peninsula, Finlandia University, announced last week it will not enroll students for fall 2023, officially marking its closure at the conclusion of the current academic year. In November, The Hechinger Report found 861 colleges had closed since 2004.

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Sustainability actions students take and want their colleges to take

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“You can create a net-zero campus pretty easily by just shutting it down,” quips Jay Antle, executive director of the Center for Sustainability and a history professor at Johnson County Community College, in Kansas. Now the number sits at about 800, with three-quarters or more being colleges and universities.

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