A College Prepares to Close Its Doors as Students and Alumni Mourn — and Scheme

The president of Marlboro College says the small liberal-arts institution in rural Vermont is entering an alliance with Boston’s Emerson College. It’s been described elsewhere as a merger, and as a gift from Marlboro to Emerson. But for many alumni and students who are sad to see Marlboro subsumed, “closure” is the most accurate word: Come next fall, the institution they love will no longer exist.