Big week at College Viability News:   2026 College Majors Completion app for academic leaders and one for students and families.

Plus:  The College Viability Transparency Tool.  

News and commentary this week:

+ A Small University Bet Big on Enrolling Athletes. Now It Will Close.

+ Marshall University cuts women’s swimming team

+ (In the ‘I can’t believe it’s a story’ category and probably not a Pulitzer Journalism Award story:    University of Connecticut, looking to save $1.57M, removes trash cans from many of its offices (Not making this up.)

+ Report from New America: 41 Institutions Steered Low-Income Families to Loans

+ And some more doozy stories that I just didn’t put in today’s headline teaser.

Show notes and links:

A Small University Bet Big on Enrolling Athletes. Now It Will Close

Curry College acquires Labouré, which will shut its doors this summer

Pasadena’s Providence Christian College to Close, After Two Decades

Marshall Sports:  Herd swimming and diving on chopping block, per SI report   

SwimSwam.com story on Marshall swimming team

University of Denver braces for up to a $30 million budget shortfall next year

Students and faculty express concern about layoffs at The College of Wooster

University of New Haven loses thousands of international students due to visa restrictions

University of Connecticut, looking to save $1.57M, removes trash cans from many of its offices

Fitch report on Marshall University

Fitch report on Agnes Scott College

Report: 41 Institutions Steered Low-Income Families to Loans

State approval affirms Rider’s progress under March to Sustainability Plan