This Week In College Viability (TWICV)

As a tie-in to the World Cup, if you want to appeal anything in today’s podcast show, send me 2 red cards and a yellow card.   + Mary Baldwin University on probation for allegedly not meeting financial responsibility standards + Professional associations may be driving accreditation requirements too far. +  Finally,   Threats of more closings have colleges and students worrying about how to save t...

This episode of This Week in College Viability features a conversation between Gary Stocker and college admissions consultant Beth Wilner , founder of Rose Cliff College Consulting, about how families can make more informed college decisions in an increasingly uncertain higher education environment. Wilner explains that her consulting process centers on three questions: What matters to the student...

This week on ‘This week’.  + Johns Hopkins University laying off 110 workers + Massachusetts higher education is a mess.  Same story different year. + Someone new to the College Viability party:  Today’s college search requires a new kind of due diligence  James Birge pres at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts + Brooke Hauser at Boston Globe:  Back-to-back college closures prompt demand for str...

This Week: A small college all but closes What’s the matter with chemistry degrees? Wheeling U sends out board chair to spin Another college complains about its Forbes grade Show notes and links: College Viability Inspection Report Podcast:  Kitchen Table College Chat Podcast:  Beyond the College Brochure

This week:  + University of Denver to close departments, merge schools as part of academic restructuring.  (This is a good story.  I will tell you why.) + A Regional College Laid Off All Its Librarians in 2024. Now It Has to Hire Them Back. + A couple of colleges in today’s show are whining about their Forbes grades.  One sent two trustees out to respond.   + Mass. passed a law to stop abrupt coll...

In this episode of This Week in College Viability, He highlights a growing wave of layoffs, academic cuts, hiring freezes, and financial distress across higher education, arguing that these developments confirm the industry is in long-term decline. Gary cites recent budget reductions and workforce cuts at institutions including Kent State, Colorado State, Portland State, the University of Oregon,...

In this special episode of This Week in College Viability, Gary Stocker interviews NILnomics  founder Greg Chick about the rapidly changing financial landscape of college athletics. Greg explains how difficult it is to obtain transparent financial data from college athletic departments, despite many schools being public institutions. He argues that one of the biggest misconceptions about college s...

"We are #3. We are #3.  Feedspot has 'This Week in College Viability' as the #3 podcast for college students and families. College Viability, LLC continues to develop more and better content and apps for students, families, and other college stakeholders. This week we hit on college sports cutbacks and focus our attention on the need for private, independent sources to monitor and report on the fi...

While I published a podcast episode today, the day is in honor of those who gave their last full measure of devotion in service to you, me and this country. As the higher education industry struggles through enormous challenges, let us never forget those whose struggles end their life on this earth. Show notes and links. Baldwin Wallace Announces Another Round of Program and Budget Cuts Simpson Co...

Welcome to podcast number 200! If you follow the podcasting world, you are aware that almost all podcast efforts never get to a 10 episode.  I know why.  It ain’t easy to put together 20-30 minutes of interesting and entertaining content every week.  Luckily, I stumbled on Google Alerts when I started the show – and of course thanks to those many, many colleges who post content worthy of use on th...

This is the 199th podcast episode of This Week in College Viability. Here are the top stories and commentary for this week. + Are higher education podcasters moving the needle. + Playing taps at Dallas Baptist University + Accreditors form leadership roundtable to figure things out + Cutting majors, majors, and more majors. Which ones survive? + The Hampshire ‘train wreck’ that didn’t have to happ...

This week’s show starts somewhere you wouldn’t expect a college viability conversation to begin… a softball field. A routine game. A swarm of honeybees. And a moment that turned into one of those unforgettable college experiences that gets shared, liked, and remembered. Here’s the clip from Lindenwood University softball—and at first glance, it’s everything families think college is supposed to be...

This week’s news and commentary include: + We have a 2nd college closure announcement in Mass. + More cuts for majors and programs.  The list gets longer each week.  There are few better signs of an industry in contraction than this. + Students at a closed college (Martin University) sue the leadership. + Sports programs at the big-brand name colleges continue to be sliced away. + And much more. T...

The final podcast show originating from St. Louis, MO.   Life is taking us to Colorado.  The podcasts will continue from there on April 27th. This week: + Half off at Hopkins: Carey Business School offers steep discounts to Maryland grads + Maine puts the screws to private colleges with a free and permanent college scholarship program. + Small private colleges are dying in a winner-take-all univer...

This week's podcast show includes news and commentary on: + Academic Purges Continue As More Colleges Close Their Degree Programs + Indiana lifts the lid on college program costs + Illinois wants to be like Missouri;  Bill introduced in Illinois House to study higher education funding + A CC is adding football. + Wrap this week with a more detailed look a how we should inspect colleges similar to...

This week’s top stories and commentary: + Layoffs and cutbacks including cancellation of a December graduation event at an Ohio college + Bill would let Kentucky universities lay off tenured faculty during financial crisis + Missouri wants to subsidize public colleges based on their enrollment.  You can imagine the protests coming from colleges. +ED Plans to ease merger pathways.  I have some note...

We are now well past 200 'This Week' episode.  Each week, there are hundreds of downloads across a variety of podcast distribution sites we use.  I continue to get feedback to 'keep doing what you are doing  - it is needed'. So this week:  + Layoffs and cutbacks continue across higher ed. + Iowa can’t decide on bachelors for CC’s + Of course, college faculty want the feds to give them more money +...

This week on 'This Week': + Lots of layoffs and cutbacks.  This is a pattern folks.  For those in denial or trying to cover up the financial challenges colleges face.  This is a pattern. + Swarthmore College wants to change accreditors.  The reasons are interesting. + If you can’t consistently generate positive cash from operation, sell something.  That’s what Rider University (NJ) did. + How abou...

Make sure to stick with the podcast to the end.  I used one of my AI tools to help me write the wrap for this week.  It came up with a fascinating conclusion. Hint:  higher education has become an industry of spin and hiding bad data. This week’s top stories and commentary: + The uncomfortable question about direct admissions + Keystone College accreditation reaffirmed by Middle States Commission...

This week's top stories. + Without nationwide rules, South Carolina lawmakers move to keep college athlete payments secret + U.S. Plans to Stop Funding Low-Earning Degrees. Indiana May Just End Them.  + Editorial: New England colleges urged to disclose financial risks + ‘A Gray Area’: Students Say Harvard’s ‘Typical Assets’ Rule Leaves Financial Aid Gaps + And much more . . . . Show notes:   Easte...

This week: + After mass resignation, Lourdes appointed new trustees who voted to close school + How California’s capital is getting FBS football: Economics expert weighs in on Sac State's move to the MAC  + ASU plans to add tens of thousands to online student enrollment. Be careful of your Mom and Pop online enrollment programs. + UCLA CFO blows whistle on university finances + Education Departmen...

Big week at College Viability News:   2026 College Majors Completion app for academic leaders and one for students and families. Plus:  The College Viability Transparency Tool .   News and commentary this week: + A Small University Bet Big on Enrolling Athletes. Now It Will Close. + Marshall University cuts women’s swimming team + (In the ‘I can’t believe it’s a story’ category and probably not a...

This week (February 6, 2026): + Southern Oregon University warns of financial crisis by early 2027.  Some interesting mea cuplas. + Buffalo State program cuts spark strong reactions from students + Oklahoma Governor Nixes Tenure At Most Of The State’s Public Colleges +  Inside the collapse of California College of the Arts: School gambled on a major campus expansion and lost.  There may be more to...

This week's show includes stories and commentary on  + Iowa universities reviewing low-enrollment majors, could close or merge programs + Wintertime spin on enrollment number for an IL public college + Averett College (VA) Sells Athletic Facilities + Be careful letting your sons and daughters consider Naturopathic medicine Show Notes and Links: Iowa universities reviewing low-enrollment majors, co...

Here are the headlines stories from this week's podcast. + Taking a look at Acupuncture and Naturopathy colleges + Iowa joins the ‘cut low enrollment majors club + Iowa private colleges promise closures if community colleges start offering bachelor degrees + Whistleblower: OU dental school prioritizing high-tuition foreign students as some Oklahomans get squeezed out Show notes and links. Wichita...