Staying in the Loop
While financial and enrollment challenges may build over years, the public often encounters these closures through fast-moving media coverage that condenses complex institutional failures into breaking news. This page is intended to track that pace in real time. It will be updated continuously with new reporting, data, and analysis, including statistics on closures, policy changes, and original interviews with students, faculty, administrators, and experts as they become available. Additionally, it will include recent updates from us and the progress of our project!
Recently Released Articles
Chappell, Bill "Trump has Sued Universities for Billions. Here's What the Strategy Tells Us," NPR, January 29, 2026
Nadworny, Elisa, "More Students are Going to College. Affordability and Workforce Training are Factors," NPR, January 15, 2026
Moody, Josh, "The Colleges that Couldn't Survive 2025," Inside Higher ED, December 18, 2025.
Hashemzadeh, Kianoosh, "Why Americans stopped believing in the promise of higher education", USC Rossier, December 3rd, 2025
Qin, Amy, "How Trump Made Life Difficult for International Students and Wisconsin," The New York Times, Jaunary 19, 2026.
Lederman, Doug, "Better Defining and Measuring Higher Ed’s Value," Inside Higher Ed, January 20, 2026.
Quinn, Ryan, "Again Defying Trump, Congress Proposes Increasing NIH Budget Maintaining ED," Inside Higher Ed, January 20, 2026
Luschcombe, Richard, "New international student enrollments in US plunge this year, data shows," The Guardian, November 17, 2025.
Currently with our project
We would love to connect. We are actively seeking interviews from students, professors, and community members affected by institution closures. Every voice matters. We would be thrilled to hear your perspective.
Socials
Future Site Visits: On February 12th, Maggie and CJ will be heading to Albany, NY to analyze how the closed campus of the College of Saint Rose is utilized by the public community. As well as conducting scheduled interviews and street interviews.
Thank You
Thank you to everyone who shared their time, experiences, and insight with us for this project. Your willingness to speak openly, whether as a student, educator, administrator, or community member, made this reporting possible and gave critical depth to the stories behind the data.