Alderson Broaddus University in West Virginia to Close
“The school is not giving us any information, which is frustrating everybody.”
Another small school is folding. There is more of this to come.
ABC News reports:
Students’ lives thrown into disarray after West Virginia college announces plans to close
The lives of hundreds of students like Ashton Miller were thrown into disarray after a debt-ridden university in West Virginia announced just before the start of fall classes that it plans to cease operations.
Alderson Broaddus University’s Board of Trustees voted Monday night to develop a plan to disband after another board overseeing the state’s four-year colleges and universities revoked the small private school’s ability to award degrees effective Dec. 31.
Now, the 625 students on the Baptist university’s Philippi campus are looking elsewhere — and fast. College campuses everywhere soon will be bustling with activity.
The decision left students feeling a wide range of emotions, including sadness, frustration, anger and bewilderment.
“I’ve got pretty much two weeks to find a new school and get everything set up to go there, just reset the whole process,” said Miller, a sophomore.
Miller was a member of the Battlers wrestling team. He said he has only heard second-hand information about the closing.
“I’ve not been contacted by the school. I’ve not been contacted by my coach,” he said. “I haven’t heard anything from anyone. The school is not giving us any information, which is frustrating everybody.”
Alderson Broaddus was supposed to play its football opener in Philippi, West Virginia, on Aug. 31. Now the entire season is gone, along with those of other athletic teams as well as school extracurricular activities.
“With all the hard work we’ve put in here to get this program turned around, we knew this was the year we were going to start to see the fruits of our labor,” third-year football coach Travis Everhart said. “We were very, very pleased with the progress we were making and really excited about what was to happen.
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My nose is beginning to twitch.
I get the feeling that there’s a lot more to this story than just the snippet: “another board overseeing the state’s four-year colleges and universities revoked the small private school’s ability to award degrees effective Dec. 31.”
Others in this Comments Section have said the same thing, so please forgive me:
Maybe this is all just the result of the natural ebb and flow of things — no more no less.
The era of the Big Mega Regional Shopping Mall seems to have come. And now it’s going.
Like these colleges
Things come and go
My elementary school is now condominiums
And so it goes
Maybe we all just need to accept these things.
Circle Of Lufe , and all that