Elizabeth L. Hillman, president of Mills College in Oakland, CA announced on March 17, 2021 that the institution will no longer enroll new students and will be shifting from a degree-giving college to an institute promoting women's leadership.
Mills was founded in 1852 as the Young Ladies’ Seminary in Benicia, CA. Susan and Cyrus Mills bought the seminary in 1856. They moved the institution to Oakland and changed the name to Mills College.
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.
KQED posted "Oakland's Mills College to Stop Granting Degrees" on March 19, 2021 featuring interviews with Elizabeth Hillman, president, Mills College,
ReplyDeleteAngel Fabre, senior student at Mills College, and, Lateefah Simon, Mills graduate.
"The University of California, Berkeley, is starting a yearlong program in Oakland at the private, nonprofit Mills College campus for 200 first-year Berkeley students."...post by Rick Seltzer of Inside Higher Ed on March 26, 2021.
ReplyDeleteReporting by KTVU on March 26, 2021, "Mills College supporters demand board reverses decision to close school."
ReplyDeleteKatie Nielsen of KPIX-TV reported on March 26, 2021, "Students, Alumnae Rally to Demand Mills College in Oakland Stay Open."
ReplyDeleteReporting by Kate Larsen on March 17, 2021, "East Bay politicians, Mills alumni 'heartbroken and outraged' over decision to close historic college."
ReplyDeletePosted August 14, 2021 on the Daily Beast website, "The Fight to Save Women’s Colleges From Extinction 'HEARTBREAKING AND SHOCKING’ The 169-year-old Mills College was one of several women’s colleges to announce its closure recently, the continuation of a decades-long trend."
ReplyDeleteMills College students have mixed feelings about merger with Northeastern University...posted September 28, 2021.
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