Colleges grapple with enrollment, budget uncertainty

Pair of school administrators, after tough few months, gird for more stressful days ahead.

  • By Mark Gordon
  • | 12:00 p.m. June 30, 2020
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File. Larry Thompson has been president of New College of Art and Design for more than 20 years.
File. Larry Thompson has been president of New College of Art and Design for more than 20 years.
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The business of higher education faces a coronavirus reckoning similar to Corporate America. In the corporate world, big businesses, from Walmart and Publix to Amazon and Google, have the financial wherewithal to withstand a prolonged crisis in ways small companies usually can’t match.

 

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