If you think colleges are having troubles, here in St. Louis we can’t even get the city kids to school.  The great St. Louis bus catastrophe kicks off today.  My friend, Blythe Bernhard at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has done Pulitzer-worthy investigative stories on the colossal failure that is SLPS leadership.  It’s not the kids, not the families, not the employees – it’s the school board and its hired – and now ousted leaders.Send your questions and comments to me at [email protected] week:  + Colleges Are Wed to the Status Quo – an interesting story from the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal  +  The Chicago Tribune (editorial) piles on to the WIU cutbacks and layoffs.+  Wittenberg University is playing hide ‘n seek with information on its layoffs and cutbacks. +   Are we really on pace for 25% of colleges to close or consolidate?  Michael Horn thinks we are.+ Low-end, local news media takes a small private college’s enrollment numbers without checking.  I even provided evidence the numbers weren’t correct. +  Are students bailing on privates to go to financially safer publics?  I have speculated on that.  I have some limited anecdotal evidence that might be the case.College Viability series of Apps2024 Private College Viability app for Executive Analysis 2024 Private College Viability app for Faculty & Staff (Enterprise-wide license for $200) 2024 Private College Viability app for Students & Families2024 Private & Public College Program Completion app (Both Bundled together)PUBLIC COLLEGE APPSExecutive Analysis versionFaculty & Staff version (Enterprise-wide license for $200)Students & Family versionAugust 19th Show notes:Ohio Northern makes job, programming cuts (private Christian college) Colleges Are Wed to the Status QuoEditorial: The crisis at Western Illinois University and beyondReaction to Wittenberg cuts mixed: Faculty frustrated, leaders look to long termWill 25 Percent Of Colleges Consolidate? An Update On A PredictionWilliam Woods University welcomes its largest class of new students Colleges Are Wed to the Status QuoUniversity of Missouri students worry about overcrowding on campus as enrollment surges

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