President Robert Allen of Green Mountain College in Poultney, VT
announced today that the institution will close after the completion of the current spring semester.
Green Mountain College was initially incorporated as Troy Conference Academy in 1834 and op
ened two years later. The name changed to Ripley Female College in 1863 and back to Troy Conference Academy in 1874. It became Green Mountain Junior College by 1937 and changed its name to Green Mountain College in 1974.
You can also see additional reporting in a post by
Vermont Public Radio, "
Green Mountain College Announces Plan To Close This Spring."
If you are interested in recent trends for closures, mergers,and acquisitions access College Closures since 2009 in the index at the right of any College History Garden page. There are separate tabs for non-profit closures, for-profit closures, and one for mergers and acquisitions. Each tab includes basic information for the institutions, i.e., Carnegie Classification, sector, accrediting agency, and the IPEDS unitid.
Article by Lola Duffort for VTDigger on February 5, 2019 offering analysis of economic impact of the closure, "Green Mountain College closure an ‘earthquake’ for Poultney." https://vtdigger.org/2019/02/05/green-mountain-college-closure-earthquake-poultney/
ReplyDeleteBlog post by Don Lehman on February 6, 2019, "Green Mountain College closure will hurt many." https://poststar.com/blogs/don_lehman/blog-green-mountain-college-closure-will-hurt-many/article_5b8270c4-2a0f-11e9-90ff-7b3fc25bcf4e.html
ReplyDeleteArticle in Albany Times Union by Rick Karlin, "Supporters: Save Green Mountain College
ReplyDeleteDespite deficit, they want to keep school open," https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Alumni-and-supporters-push-to-save-Green-Mountain-13602010.php
Residents weigh in on the future of Green Mountain College
ReplyDeleteAdam Frenier of Vermont Public Radio reports March 6, 2019, Bennington Braces For Southern Vermont College Closure
ReplyDeleteArticle from Vermont Public Radio on April 5, 2019 with reporting by Nina Keck, GMC's Impending Closure Prompts Poultney Residents To Propose New Uses For Campus
ReplyDeleteVermont Edition has been following the process of the three Vermont colleges that have closed this year — Southern Vermont College, Green Mountain College and the College of St. Joseph — and received an update on the individual situations from VPR's Nina Keck on July 15, 2019.
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