This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Aug 25, 2025

This Week In College Viability (TWICV)

Lots and lots and lots of enrollment announcements last week. So, I decided to do a little tally exercise.

You will be interested to see how many of these greate enrollment announcements were carefully qualified announcements and how many were clearly legitimate. I had 4 brave colleges that announced decreased enrollment last week

Stories and commentary for August 25th:

+ What does it mean when a college announces a ‘record enrollment’? We will use the College Viability 7-second check to find out.

+ Strange happenings at Our Lady of the Lake University in TX

+ An IU professor whines about cutbacks on low enrollment majors

+ How about yet another college getting HLC accreditation while graduating less than 30% of its students in 4 years.

+ In this week’s wrap, an update on the FREE college viability report at MyCollegeViability.com (Here is the link to get the FREE report for the private college of your choice.

Show Notes and today's story links:

Bennington College announces layoffs of 15 staff members

At DePaul, we major in you

As Fall Semester Opens, Several Major Universities Tout Record Enrollments

Our Lady of the Lake students say OLLU gave them no viable options to complete their degree

University of Oregon faculty speak out against looming layoffs next month

Indiana's attack on IU is gutting academic programs | Opinion

Some Emerson faculty have lost trust in their college president

Gen Z men with college degrees now have the same unemployment rate as non-grads—a sign that the higher education payoff is dead

ATU (Arkansas Tech) Passes HLC Assurance Review With Flying Colors