Inside Higher Ed
June 18th, 2015
Faculty members knew Marian Court College was on the brink of closure, but they didn’t quite expect the 50-year-old institution to shutter so soon.
The announcement came exactly one month after the governor of Massachusetts addressed graduates during commencement in a speech the college described as full of “hope and optimism.” But in the month since, initial fall 2015 enrollment numbers appeared weak and the college couldn’t find financing to keep it afloat for another year.
The tiny Catholic college on the coast of New England, about 15 miles from Boston, announced Monday that it will close its doors at the end of the month due to insurmountable financial challenges.
“It certainly seemed like a possibility, but I didn’t expect it to happen in the summer with such short notice,” Gregory Walsh, chair of the college’s liberal arts department, said of the closing.