Small Colleges’ Closure Rate Could Triple by 2017, Moody’s Says

By Andy Thomason. By 2017, the closure rate of small colleges is likely to triple from the rate of the past decade, according to a new report from Moody’s Investors Service that is available to the service’s subscribers. That will amount to a “small but notable rise” in the number of institutions that will shut their doors or merge, according to the report. More...