Dive Brief: Yet another small New England college will close its doors. The proposal also would consolidate Vermont Technical College into a single Williston campus, VtDigger reported. Starting Wednesday, March 18 classes will be held online. Southern Vermont College said it has a teach-out agreement in place that will allow underclassmen to finish their degrees at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in nearby North Adams, Mass.
Southern Vermont College announced Monday that it is closing. It becomes the latest in a string of colleges -- generally small, private institutions in New England -- to close. three of vermont's college campuses are at risk of closing because of ongoing financial struggles. Southern Vermont College officials have announced that the institution will be closing at the end of the spring semester. NOTE: Gov. Northern Vermont University, which has campuses in Johnson and Lyndon, and Vermont Technical College’s campus in Randolph Center will all close under a plan announced by Vermont State College System Chancellor Jeb Spaulding on Friday.

Southern Vermont College said it has a teach-out agreement in place that will allow underclassmen to finish their degrees at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. Southern Vermont College on Monday became the latest small New England college to announce that it is closing its doors. Phil Scott has announced new guidelines for colleges to re-open next month, including mandatory testing of all students for COVID-19. In addition to Green Mountain College and the College of St. Joseph, Southern Vermont College in Bennington is shuttering. DAVID LACHANCE - BENNINGTON BANNER Posted Monday, March 4, 2019 6:03 am The upshot of all this is we don’t see a financial way forward with the college.”
The college's announcement said of this The downsizing will happen quickly and occur by the fall term … The college issued $14.6 million of variable-rate bonds in 2008 through the Vermont Economic Development Authority. Spaulding told VPR there is no back up plan. Northern Vermont University-- Johnson and NVU Lyndon-- would shut down under the plan. Vermont State Colleges could close three campuses and cut hundreds of employees as part of a system-wide transformation in light of financial losses from the COVID-19 pandemic. The closings will reduce the tally of Vermont colleges from 21 to 18. President David Rees Evans said the decision came after the New England Commission of Higher Education in January caught college officials off guard with the news that it was considering withdrawing accreditation based on the college's finances.

School Closings. Spring break will be extended by one week, until March 29.