The small private Massachusetts institution could not sustain enrollment declines or the COVID-19 pandemic. Clark University is accepting some students and honoring Becker with naming of School of Design and Technology.

Many higher education professionals would argue that the changes brought on by the pandemic will have a lasting positive influence on how we teach.

The university pioneered a fresh financing concept: an income share agreement program, dubbed Back a Boiler, that provides an alternative to traditional student debt.

But National Student Clearinghouse data shows other students are opting largely to remain at their colleges or are not enrolling