Supplement in print: Order print copies of the Endowments supplements from June 2006 and August 2005 With all academe’s interest in endowment growth, we may sometimes lose sight of the fact that a ...

Other small private colleges like Hampshire have closed in recent years as financial pressures and competition for students increase. By Mark Arsenault Hampshire College, a small liberal arts school ...

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After Sylvia Carmel’s husband died last fall, she decided to try some of the activities at her retirement community in Towson, Md. “I do the exercise classes. I do the entertainment,” Carmel, 83, said ...

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — A higher-education riddle: When can a college slash tuition by almost half, without losing revenues? Answer: When nobody much pays full tuition anyway. When Converse College, a ...

Stacker looks at the top private colleges in each state that offer the best return on investment for a four-year degree.

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William Peace University operated as a women’s college for more than a century before its major shift in 2012 to a co-ed institution. As enrollment has mostly declined over the past decade, from 1,077 ...