Greetings from late spring in the Washington, DC area. It’s a lovely time here as temperatures rise high enough to be pleasant, and every plant is growing or blossoming. I’ve been working on this post for months, as winter gave way to spring. I was actually tempted to use the “April is the cruelest month” line as an introduction, but things just kept building up and pushing the post into May. Heck, this one’s already too long. Yes, today’s post is one of my semi-regular surveys of cuts to higher ed. I’ve been scanning for institutional closures, mergers, and staff/program cutbacks for several years. My goal is to collect evidence of such reductions, assembling them in one spot for public access and use. (Previous posts – from 2026: February from 2025: February, June, July, August, October from 2024: March 1, March 20, March 28, April, May, June, July, September, November. ) My focus in these posts is American higher education, mostly due to reasons of time as well as the distinct…
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