Where do Vermont colleges go when they die? They are resurrected as a Christian school, a luxury resort or an arts hub, if recent developments are any clue.
Facing deaths by a thousand cuts due to declining enrollment, debt and loss of accreditation, seven colleges — Green Mountain College, Southern Vermont College, College of St. Joseph’s, Marlboro College, New England Culinary Institute and Goddard College — in Vermont have closed, merged or reorganized since 2018, according to Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development Secretary Lindsay Kurrle.
Among the most high profile has been the college campus at the edge of downtown Poultney, which, after years of setbacks and false starts, may open its doors again — this time for religious education.
