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Education2026-04-13

More than a quarter of private colleges are at risk of closing, new projection shows

CRAFTSBURY COMMON, Vt. — More than a dozen newborn lambs cavorted around a fenced-in yard beneath the scrutiny of their mothers and a few watchful students taking turns attending to them. The lambs’ successful births have been a needed bright spot at tiny Sterling College, which uses a 130-acre far

By The Hechinger Report

More than a quarter of private colleges are at risk of closing, new projection shows

CRAFTSBURY COMMON, Vt

— More than a dozen newborn lambs cavorted around a fenced-in yard beneath the scrutiny of their mothers and a few watchful students taking turns attending to them

The lambs’ successful births have been a needed bright spot at tiny Sterling College, which uses a 130-acre far