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This is just the start of the college implosion
businessinsider.com ^ | m. cuban

Posted on 03/05/2015 2:13:34 PM PST by Varsity Flight

A 114-year-old college that's closing its doors may have to give more than $50 million back to donors After 114 years, Sweet Briar College revealed this week that it's closing after the spring 2015 semester, an abrupt announcement that shocked students, alumni, and many people active in higher education.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: academia; collegedebtbubble; collegesclose; sbc; sweetbriar; sweetbriarcollege
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To: jespasinthru

The irony is that the one rebuilding classic cars makes so much money at it only because there is a surplus of wealth created by those with advanced degrees.


61 posted on 03/07/2015 7:43:57 AM PST by PUGACHEV
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To: CatherineofAragon

The guys over at Powerline have a good idea for this school. They suggest some rich conservatives get together and buy it and turn it into a second Hillsdale.

I think an all women conservative college might do very well, many gals must be sick to death of the cognitive dissonance of modern feminism.


62 posted on 03/14/2015 12:44:48 PM PDT by jocon307 (Tell it like it is.)
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To: jocon307

I think that’s a fine idea. IMO it could work even if it were co-ed.


63 posted on 03/14/2015 2:50:13 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
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To: CatherineofAragon

“IMO it could work even if it were co-ed.”

Yes, they said that too.


64 posted on 03/14/2015 3:21:12 PM PDT by jocon307 (Tell it like it is.)
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