[Billthedrill]

We have some learning to do as a community as to why they withdrew.

You could...um...ask them?

The gorilla in the room -

Trustee David Nicandri said the common conceit about the college is that its biggest challenge is in recruitment and retention, but he also cited a “deeper set of problems” facing the college, which he did not identify.

One of those (at least) is that the radicals in the faculty and administration own the playpen and like things exactly as they are, thank you very much, and never mind if the college goes broke because they can always tap the state for more money. It's worked up to now.

[Robert A Cook PE]

I thought this was a “private” school - not getting state nor federal money except for specific grant money for research into specific topics. Still, a HUGE source, but not enough to run everything like staff salaries and buildings and upkeep and janitors.