Hampshire’s announcement comes after the Huron Consulting Group recently projected that nearly 450 of the nation’s 1,700 private, nonprofit four-year campuses could shutter or merge within the next decade.

Hampshire’s announcement comes after the Huron Consulting Group recently projected that nearly 450 of the nation’s 1,700 private, nonprofit four-year campuses could shutter or merge within the next decade.https://t.co/gPtaW2lRNB

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