(from Inside Higher Ed) Mergers among small private colleges have been in the news lately. In 2017, Wheelock College said it would merge into nearby Boston University, and a recent survey by Inside Higher Ed found that 24 percent of financial officers at private baccalaureate colleges say leaders have had “serious” discussions about a merger. But another kind of consolidation is playing out among a few small private institutions: they are closing far-flung branch campuses, squeezing students into fewer locations or, if they can't accommodate them, simply helping students enroll elsewhere. Nyack College, a small private Christian institution is among the latest to do so. Last month it annnounced it would close its long-standing campus in the Hudson Valley and move all of its operations to a high-rise building at the southern tip of Manhattan.
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