Coronavirus May Mark The End For Many Small Liberal Arts Colleges
MacMurray College in Illinois will close at the end of the spring term, the latest in a growing list of small, private liberal arts colleges to fold in part because of the pandemic.
Financial difficulties worsened by the coronavirus pandemic may lead small liberal arts colleges across the country to cancel classes forever.
MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Illinois, is closing this month after 174 years. It’s the latest in a growing list of small, private liberal arts colleges folding as the coronavirus pandemic brings long-term economic trends into stark relief for many businesses and nonprofits.
Before the pandemic, President says 2020 would have marked the college’s third year in deficit. Rodgers and her staff tried working with local agencies and calling on alumni for additional funds, but
