Education: Schools For Sale

In the trade it has been notorious for several years that the college business, what with sluggish enrollment and a drying up of endowment sources, is bad. Big, well-heeled colleges and universities and a few progressive institutions are prosperous, but many a small college does not know where its next student is coming from. Last fortnight Trentwell Mason White of Boston's Curry School (a small college) reported a buyers' market in colleges. In an article in The Commentator, "Colleges for Sale," he related his findings:

> Forty or 50 colleges are offered for sale each year. Reasons: lack of operating capital, reorganization...

Want the full story?

Subscribe Now

Subscribe
Subscribe

Learn more about the benefits of being a TIME subscriber

If you are already a subscriber sign up — registration is free!