TWICV News and Commentary for January 19, 2026

This is the podcast that talks about the financial health and viability of public and private colleges with data, details and perspectives offered nowhere else.

This week:

+ California College of the Arts, Will Close in 2027

+ Hampshire College warned of potential closure by auditors

+ After Protests Over Cuts, Mary Baldwin U.'s President Resigns and Some Minors Are Restored

+ A company helping colleges avoid reinventing the wheel.

+ Another state talks public college consolidation

+ And, of course, much more.

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Show notes:

San Francisco’s Last Remaining Private Art School, the California College of the Arts, Will Close in 2027

What We Will Lose When California College of the Arts Closes

UT-Arlington offers employee buyouts amid federal funding cuts, officials say

Hampshire College warned of potential closure by auditors

A College Missed Its Enrollment Goal by Nearly Half. What Happened?

After Protests Over Cuts, Mary Baldwin U.'s President Resigns and Some Minors Are Restored

5 Fall 2025 Enrollment Takeaways

How Oregon’s top higher ed board wants to solve university deficits

This week:

+ Closed college bails on faculty and students. Don’t let this happen to you.

+ Universities cut over 9,000 jobs in 2025

+ How about a public college that graduated 6% of its students in 2023 getting public funds to build a multi-million dollar STEM building?

+ Is there a coordinated effort by some in higher education to write stories trying to deny that the industry is in decline?

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Show notes and link:
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Now I have to start over' | Students left in dark after Martin University closes

Struggling Western Mass. college misses enrollment goal by half

Universities cut over 9,000 jobs in 2025 as Trump targets federal funding: report

Rider University Creates $2M ‘Hope’ Fund to Help Students Pay Tuition as it Faces Cuts, Layoffs

UC San Diego math weakness story has legs.

After No-Confidence Vote, University Of Nebraska Chancellor To Resign

The college backlash is a mirage

The curious disconnect between the data and the vibes of higher education

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As ‘Your College Financial Quality Control Advocate’ This is the podcast that talks about the financial health and viability of public and private colleges with data, details and perspectives offered nowhere else. I talk about delusional colleges, regurgitation reporting,

And College Viability is Higher Education’s NORAD. Our data radar tells you which incoming colleges are risky and which will safely deliver an education package.

Today:

+ Martin University terminates staff (without pay), encourages students to transfer

+ Rider University (NJ) placed on probation

+ A potential college president foot-in-mouth story

+ Another college tries to spin bad news into a ‘Comeback kid’ kind of story

+ From Dow Jones Market Watch and Morningstar: ‘They're in their 60s and still paying off student loans. College debt in America now lasts a lifetime.’

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