Think Out Loud

Economic Challenges Facing Private Colleges

Informações:

Synopsis

The Oregon College of Art and Craft recently announced its impending closure, not long after Marylhurst University shut its doors. Other private colleges in the area are experiencing cuts to faculty and freezing enrollment in certain liberal arts majors. We talk with OPB editor Rob Manning and Jon Marcus, higher education editor for The Hechinger Report, about the crisis in liberal arts institutions here and around the country.