BRATTLEBORO — Marlboro College has cancelled its proposed merger with the University of Bridgeport to preserve its unique “self-directed learning” and “town-meeting/selectboard governance,” and “sizable endowment,” according to the public e-mail message from the Office of the President sent Sept. 14.
Longtime, growing collaboration with internationally renowned Marlboro Music likely is another consideration.
Colleges are closing because the last few of baby boomers' offspring are passing through their undergraduate years.
Unique Marlboro College, however, needs just a few hundred equally unique undergraduate and graduate students. Is it really true that there are not enough from anywhere?
Are new students being recruited diversely and internationally? Are current students recruiting via social media? Which aspects of Marlboro College do current and potential students value - or not?