Saturday, March 28, 2020

MacMurray College Announces Closure

MacMurray College in Jacksonville, IL announced this week that it will be closing at the end of the spring 2020 semester.


The institution was founded as Illinois Conference Female College in 1846. The name was shortened to Illinois Female College in 1863 and then changed to Illinois Woman's College in 1899. It became MacMurray College for Women in 1930 and MacMurray College in 1953. In 1955, trustees established MacMurray College for Men which later merged with MacMurray College in 1969.

The Internet Archive offers digital versions of A History of MacMurray College: The First Hundred Years written by Mary Watters and published in 1947.

You can also find other digital collections for MacMurray hosted by various archives:
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.

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