Small College Demise Doesn’t Have to Be - Opinion Piece

Will Wootton writes: When an independent Vermont undergraduate college closes, as Burlington College, Green Mountain College, St Joseph's College, and Southern Vermont College recently have, it is almost by definition – at least in Vermont – the death of a small rural institution of age whose roots were inseparable from those binding its entire community. Each was singular and each represented and always had an alternative to the ever increasing growth and homogenization of American undergraduate education. It’s a good thing they do, so why do they fail?