January 16, 2009

Predictions of Small Colleges' Death Could Be Premature

By WILLIAM R. WOOTTON

Now that our country is lodged in the slow-grinding maw of recession, we can assume there will be plenty of casualties. Businesses by the hundreds or thousands, large and small, will wither like endangered plants pushed too far under harsh conditions. Soon to follow, governments of towns, cities, and states will suffer undeservedly, as will nonprofit organizations — hospitals, museums, community centers — regardless of the value of their services. Higher-education