‘It’s precarious’: Can Hampshire College’s experiment in higher education survive? - Nick Anderson, Washington Pose

Hampshire College has endured much this year: dire fiscal warnings, speculation about mergers, an abrupt decision to halt recruiting and reduce enrollment, a prolonged student occupation of the president’s office, the sudden resignations of that president and leading trustees. Now, this icon of alternative higher education — where no admission tests are considered and no one gets a letter grade — is fighting for its life, embarking on a frantic fundraising campaign and an urgent effort to cut expenses without losing its soul. Whatever Hampshire’s fate, its travails serve as a case study for the growing ranks of small liberal arts schools in financial jeopardy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/its-precarious-can-hampshire-colleges-experiment-in-higher-education-survive/2019/04/19/05f660bc-50b5-11e9-88a1-ed346f0ec94f_story.html