Albright College cuts 20 programs, 17 faculty positions

Albright College cuts 20 programs, 17 faculty positions

READING — Albright College is eliminating 20 academic programs and 17 faculty positions as it continues to grapple with dwindling enrollment, financial challenges, and new federal policies for student loan funding. Students and faculty at the private liberal arts school expected the Board of Trustees to make a final decision on program cuts in December. Instead, trustees approved changes on Nov. 1, and students and faculty learned about them two…

Albright to eliminate 20 programs and about a third of its faculty amid low enrollment, strained finances

This story was produced by the Berks County bureau of Spotlight PA, an independent, nonpartisan newsroom. Sign up for Good Day, Berks, a daily dose of essential local stories at spotlightpa.org/newsletters/gooddayberks. READING — Albright College is eliminating 20 academic programs and 17 faculty positions as it continues to grapple with dwindling enrollment, financial challenges, and […]