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This Week In College Viability (TWICV)

Welcome to the podcast. We call it TWICV. It is our effort to provide a fast-paced, entertaining, and alternative voice to the propaganda and hype flowing out of colleges in America today. This week in College Viability is a proud affilate of The EdUP Experience podcast network.

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This Week In College Viability: A Special...

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) ·

2025/09/03

I talk about college finances and colleges spinning their numbers regularly. This is the first time I have had a CFO (interim) come onto the podcast to share the stark reality of the financial challenges at a specfic college - Albright College (PA).Larry Bomback has been the interim CFO since late 2024. Albright College has been in the news about its financial plight for many months.In this special podcast episode, Larry addresses the challenges and adds details of the recovery plan put

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Sep 1...

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) ·

2025/09/01

I am releasing my first 'Best Of' This Week in College Viability podcast. You will here from 2 short clips during the podcast from former college presidents.Dr. Paula Langteau will discuss 3 key metrics for college closure and than add more on why colleges don't announce their closures sooner.Dr. Ricardo Azziz discusses 3 topics on mergers and acquisistions.The first clip will be the reasons why college leaders need to start the merger discussions early.The second shares some perspective

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Aug 25, 2025

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2025/08/25

Lots and lots and lots of enrollment announcements last week. So, I decided to do a little tally exercise. You will be interested to see how many of these greate enrollment announcements were carefully qualified announcements and how many were clearly legitimate. I had 4 brave colleges that announced decreased enrollment last weekStories and commentary for August 25th:+ What does it mean when a college announces a ‘record enrollment’? We will use the College Viability 7-second check

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Ricardo Azziz: The M&A Economics of Higher Education-...

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) ·

2025/08/22

Here are the questions Dr. Azziz answered during the podcast 1. You are in the middle of a research project to determine the seating capacity of the entire higher education market. Talk about that project.2. When we look at higher education, it is clear that there are too many colleges and too many colleges seats. How did we get to this point?3. Is it fair to say that higher educationis is in a consolidation era?4. You have two books on mergers in higher education. The second one is

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for August 18,...

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) ·

2025/08/18

TWICV News and Commentary for August 18 2024 I had a higher ed friend send me a story on Sunday about an Iowa private college. The spin was silly and obvious. A look at their financials suggests this college is a likely closure candidate when the Higher Education tipping point hits. I could have pulled a half-dozen of these type of stories in just the past week.This is an industry living on spin. They couch their press releases in carefully worded avoidance of hardly any details.

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Shelle Howard for Aug 17, 2025

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) ·

2025/08/17

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2025/08/11

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Aug 11, 2025

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) ·

2025/08/11

This is the podcast that talks about the financial health and viability of public and private colleges with data, details and perspectives offered nowhere else. This podcast is the alternative media source for colleges, students, families, and communities. I work every week to expose the spin, the stalls, and the silliness that pervades Higher Education in America.This week:+ Bellwether warns of school closures, consolidations ahead. You will be surprised when I share what part of the

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for August 4,...

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) ·

2025/08/04

This Week in College Viability is the alternative higher education media source for college stakeholders.This was a big weekend here at College Viability. We released our first fully automated College Viability report for student and familiesThe free and paid versions are similar to the Kelly Blue Book for cars. KBB kicks the tires on cares. Our apps kick the financial health of colleges.The app for students & families also serves as a 'REVERSE FAFSA". Since families submit their

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for July 28, 2025

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) ·

2025/07/28

For the July 28th This Week in College Viability podcast, I have: + A college president who must be dizzy with the spin she is trying to impart on a very difficult financial situation.+ Technical and trade schools are not sitting waiting for students. They are marketing to them aggressively. I have a story and a point to make on that.+ College business officers are still a generally delusional group. This is my observation from an IHD story on its annual survey,+ And I have another

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for July 21, 2025

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) ·

2025/07/21

Here are the headlines from today's podcast+ Vague layoffs and a merger+ Maine university system approves accelerated degree programs to address workforce gaps+ Are there really positive perceptions developing around higher education.

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for July 14, 2025

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) ·

2025/07/14

This is the podcast that talks about the financial health and viability of public and private colleges with data, details and perspectives offered nowhere else.+ More layoffs and cutbacks.+ Look at 2 colleges with accreditation updates.+ Pennsylvania’s 14-campus higher education system is piloting plans to allow students to access courses beyond their home institution+ TUITION DISCOUNT RATE hits another high.+ Ryan Craig at Achieve Partners talks about the bad day that graduate programs had

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TWICV Special Episode: Closing College Teach-Outs...

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) ·

2025/07/08

Dr. Paula Langteau experience a college closure first hand as President of Presentation College. Her efforts provide a positive example on how to provide guidance and support to students and their familes at the time of closure. She joins me on this special podcast episode of 'This Week' to share guidance for college leaders, students, their families and others.If you are unfamiliar with the phrase 'college teach-outs', here are some basic points.Ensuring Student Completion: A teach-out

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for July 7, 2025

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) ·

2025/07/07

Here are some of the news and commentary stories for July 7, 2025+ Siena Heights University announces closure+ Indiana colleges cut hundreds of low-enrollment degree programs ahead of state mandate+ Southwestern Seminary placed on 12-month probation, keeps accreditation+ La Salle University warned accreditation could be in jeopardy+ A set of public universities in IL focus on enrollment and not graduation. My words, not theirs.Show notes and links:Siena Heights University announces

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for June 30, 2025

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) ·

2025/06/30

TWICV News and Commentary for June 30, 2025+ Many layoff and cutback announcements last week. + Cornell College (IA) steers away from financial health toward marketing hail mary.+ My alma mater: typical of the plight of public And private colleges.+ Tuition discount rate continues to move upward. Good for the students. Not so much for the colleges.+ Seth O’dell: it’s the trends that matter. Enrollment is still down from pre-pandemic.+ A newsletter story from Anand Sanwal that suggests

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for June 23 2025

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) ·

2025/06/23

Much thanks to the many, many listeners to the podcast. This past week we hit 10,000 downloads. If you would, make sure to share the podcast link with your colleagues. We don’t want them to miss out on the perspectives we offer here at College Viability.This week we have layoffs, cutbacks, and lots of tuition increases. It is also silly season for college enrollment announcements, and I have one of those. More indicators that the public colleges are ahead of privates in recognizing the

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) ·

2025/06/19

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for June 16 2025

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) ·

2025/06/16

News stories and commentary this week:+ ‘Lives will be impacted’: TSU proposes staffing, scholarship cuts to stay open+ Shuttered Michigan House GOP's higher ed budget includes huge cuts for UM, MSU+ NY College Has Alumni Fighting Over Its Future (Wells College) shows emotional and maybe irrational attachment to our colleges+ Inside Silicon Valley's anti-college movementShow notes:Shuttered NY College Has Alumni Fighting Over Its FutureMichigan House GOP's higher ed budget includes huge

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Requiem for a College (2nd Edition) Part 2/3

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) ·

2025/06/11

With the second edition of 'Requiem for a College' due out on July 8th, I asked author Jon Nichols and publisher Kate Colbert to join me again to talk about the book. It has been more than 8 years since St. Joseph College (IN) closed. In the interim, scores of additional collleges have closed their doors. Public college closures are now joining the list of private 4-year college closures on a regular basis.Here is the Amazon description of the book. Click here to pre-order.Heralded as “A

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for June 9 2025

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) ·

2025/06/10

Here are the stories and links for this week's podcast.Harrisburg University to Close Philadelphia CampusGuilford College Considers Formal Step Toward Possible Faculty LayoffsFacing declining enrollment, Clark University to reduce faculty by as much as 30 percent over next three yearsAs UConn enrollment spikes, a housing squeeze tightens. What’s being done across state to address itUniversity of Oregon braces for deeper cuts as deficit balloons to $25.7 millionHastings College earns

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