This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Dec 15, 2025

The final 2025 podcast for This Week in College Viability.

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's stories include:

+ Lots of layoff and cutback stories today

+ A college without a library. (Bloomberg News story I was quoted in) That is the position that Albright College since 2019

+ Merry Christmas from your friendly accreditor

+ College Bankruptcies Are Coming

+ The Higher education market is adjusting: Case in point: Colorado Gov. Jared Polis wants merger of higher education and labor departments

Show notes and links:

+ Oklahoma regents vote to cut 41 ‘low-producing’ academic programs

+ Enrollment declining at WIU campuses (Western Illinois University)

+ Martin University’s abrupt closure disrupts student plans, angers alumni

+ Guilford College comes off accreditor probation after budget cuts

+ Christian Brothers University out of financial probation after 2 years

+ College of Idaho’s ‘shift’ of resources comes with layoffs

+ Why a College Fighting for Survival Is Slashing Econ and Physics Majors

+ The Price of Waiting Too Long to Close

+ College Bankruptcies Are Coming

+ Colorado Gov. Jared Polis wants merger of higher education and labor departments

+ The College Viability Manifesto