The start of this collegiate school year is bittersweet for those of us who care about higher education at local universities.
Our friends at Cabrini join an ever-growing list of small colleges — those that serve 5,000 students or fewer — that find themselves under threat. According to one analysis,The crisis facing small colleges, which was exacerbated by the pandemic, may grow more severe still with, when we expect a record-low number of first-year undergraduate enrollees.
The path to achieving the American dream can follow different roads — and the small university route is not one to be taken for granted. What makes America a bit different than other nations is the fact that we offer higher education at multiple-sized institutions. Within that structure, the small school has the ability to take risks by admitting students with potential and challenging them to attain it.