US EditionHampshire College, which counts filmmaker Ken Burns among its alumni, is closing later this year
The college will stop enrolling new students, refund admitted students and help current students transfer as financial pressures deepen, officials said.
- Hampshire College, which counts filmmaker Ken Burns among its alumni, is closing later this year after facing financial pressure.
- The college's Board of Trustees voted to close after the fall semester, citing insufficient revenue from efforts like enrollment increases, debt refinancing, and land sales.
- College closures have become increasingly common, driven by factors such as declining birth rates and fewer high school graduates heading to college since the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Cleveland Jewish NewsHampshire College, incubator of Yiddish Book Center and a Holocaust-studies pioneer, to close
Hampshire College, the nontraditional liberal-arts school that pioneered college-level Holocaust classes and played a central role in launching the acclaimed Yiddish Book Center, announced Tuesday that it is shutter at the end of the calendar year. The closure, which follows semester after years of financial troubles, won’t affect Yiddish Book Center, which operates on land purchased from the college in Amherst, Massachusetts. “We are saddened b…
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Hampshire College, which counts filmmaker Ken Burns among its alumni, is closing later this year
Hampshire College, which includes documentary filmmaker Ken Burns among its alumni, announced it is closing later this year.
Hampshire fought for years to survive. Now the college reckons with its end
A bell rang through Hampshire College as a student walked through campus wearing a sign that read “the end is nigh” on a warm Tuesday morning. Students recounted the college community flocking outside, crying and shrieking in a dazed confusion.
Hampshire College closing in Amherst, Massachusetts. Graduate Ken Burns calls it "incalculable loss."
Hampshire College, a small liberal arts school in Amherst, Massachusetts, is closing permanently after the fall semester amid financial struggles and enrollment issues.
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