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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 (TWICV) for April 13,...

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) ·

2026/04/13

The final podcast show originating from St. Louis, MO. Life is taking us to Colorado. The podcasts will continue from there on April 27th.This week:+ Half off at Hopkins: Carey Business School offers steep discounts to Maryland grads+ Maine puts the screws to private colleges with a free and permanent college scholarship program.+ Small private colleges are dying in a winner-take-all university marketplace. In football, I would get a piling on penalty . . . but I am going to talk about

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27:30

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for April 6, 2026

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2026/04/06

This week's podcast show includes news and commentary on:+ Academic Purges Continue As More Colleges Close Their Degree Programs+ Indiana lifts the lid on college program costs+ Illinois wants to be like Missouri; Bill introduced in Illinois House to study higher education funding+ A CC is adding football.+ Wrap this week with a more detailed look a how we should inspect colleges similar to how we inspect houses before we purchase them.Show notes and links2026 College Majors Completion app

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19:38

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for March 30,...

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2026/03/30

This week’s top stories and commentary:+ Layoffs and cutbacks including cancellation of a December graduation event at an Ohio college+ Bill would let Kentucky universities lay off tenured faculty during financial crisis+ Missouri wants to subsidize public colleges based on their enrollment. You can imagine the protests coming from colleges.+ED Plans to ease merger pathways. I have some notes on that.Here are the show notes and linksCollege Majors Completion AppCollege Viability

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20:09

This Week in College Viability (TWICV) for March 23,...

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) ·

2026/03/24

We are now well past 200 'This Week' episode. Each week, there are hundreds of downloads across a variety of podcast distribution sites we use. I continue to get feedback to 'keep doing what you are doing - it is needed'.So this week: + Layoffs and cutbacks continue across higher ed.+ Iowa can’t decide on bachelors for CC’s+ Of course, college faculty want the feds to give them more money+ You can’t count enrollment growth twice.+ Students & parents need a housing (college)

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24:49

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for March 16,...

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) ·

2026/03/16

This week on 'This Week':+ Lots of layoffs and cutbacks. This is a pattern folks. For those in denial or trying to cover up the financial challenges colleges face. This is a pattern.+ Swarthmore College wants to change accreditors. The reasons are interesting.+ If you can’t consistently generate positive cash from operation, sell something. That’s what Rider University (NJ) did.+ How about a new ‘no confidence vote’ This one at Old Dominion University. Spoiler alert: Their 4 YGR is

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25:32

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Mar 9, 2026

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) ·

2026/03/09

Make sure to stick with the podcast to the end. I used one of my AI tools to help me write the wrap for this week. It came up with a fascinating conclusion.Hint: higher education has become an industry of spin and hiding bad data.This week’s top stories and commentary:+ The uncomfortable question about direct admissions+ Keystone College accreditation reaffirmed by Middle States Commission+ In Illinois, they Punish the winners and subsidize the loser public colleges+ There is a faculty

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26:23

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Mar 2, 2026

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) ·

2026/03/02

This week's top stories.+ Without nationwide rules, South Carolina lawmakers move to keep college athlete payments secret+ U.S. Plans to Stop Funding Low-Earning Degrees. Indiana May Just End Them. + Editorial: New England colleges urged to disclose financial risks+ ‘A Gray Area’: Students Say Harvard’s ‘Typical Assets’ Rule Leaves Financial Aid Gaps+ And much more . . . .Show notes: Eastern Illinois University on-campus enrollment drops 9.5% in springWittenberg Offers Transfer Pathway for

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25:10

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Feb 23, 2026

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2026/02/23

This week:+ After mass resignation, Lourdes appointed new trustees who voted to close school+ How California’s capital is getting FBS football: Economics expert weighs in on Sac State's move to the MAC + ASU plans to add tens of thousands to online student enrollment. Be careful of your Mom and Pop online enrollment programs.+ UCLA CFO blows whistle on university finances+ Education Department Moves to Eliminate "Regional Accreditor" Label in Major Higher Ed Shake-Up+ Plus: What is

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29:01

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Feb 16, 2026

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2026/02/16

Big week at College Viability News: 2026 College Majors Completion app for academic leaders and one for students and families.Plus: The College Viability Transparency Tool. News and commentary this week:+ A Small University Bet Big on Enrolling Athletes. Now It Will Close.+ Marshall University cuts women’s swimming team+ (In the ‘I can’t believe it’s a story’ category and probably not a Pulitzer Journalism Award story: University of Connecticut, looking to save $1.57M, removes trash

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25:21

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Feb 9, 2026

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) ·

2026/02/09

This week (February 6, 2026):+ Southern Oregon University warns of financial crisis by early 2027. Some interesting mea cuplas.+ Buffalo State program cuts spark strong reactions from students+ Oklahoma Governor Nixes Tenure At Most Of The State’s Public Colleges+ Inside the collapse of California College of the Arts: School gambled on a major campus expansion and lost. There may be more to it than that.+ And much, much, more.Show notes:If you want to get the weekly College Financial

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22:57

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Feb 02, 2026

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) ·

2026/02/02

This week's show includes stories and commentary on + Iowa universities reviewing low-enrollment majors, could close or merge programs+ Wintertime spin on enrollment number for an IL public college+ Averett College (VA) Sells Athletic Facilities+ Be careful letting your sons and daughters consider Naturopathic medicineShow Notes and Links:Iowa universities reviewing low-enrollment majors, could close or merge programsOregon State University faces uncertain financial future amid enrollment

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23:15

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Jan 26, 2026

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) ·

2026/01/26

Here are the headlines stories from this week's podcast.+ Taking a look at Acupuncture and Naturopathy colleges+ Iowa joins the ‘cut low enrollment majors club+ Iowa private colleges promise closures if community colleges start offering bachelor degrees+ Whistleblower: OU dental school prioritizing high-tuition foreign students as some Oklahomans get squeezed outShow notes and links.Wichita State budget deficit now expected to be 7%.Ryan Hofer at Substack: “Debt by Natural

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22:56

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for January...

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) ·

2026/01/19

TWICV News and Commentary for January 19, 2026This 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 week:+ California College of the Arts, Will Close in 2027+ Hampshire College warned of potential closure by auditors+ After Protests Over Cuts, Mary Baldwin U.'s President Resigns and Some Minors Are Restored+ A company helping colleges avoid reinventing the wheel.+ Another state

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25:42

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Jan 12, 2026

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) ·

2026/01/12

This week:+ Closed college bails on faculty and students. Don’t let this happen to you.+ Universities cut over 9,000 jobs in 2025+ How about a public college that graduated 6% of its students in 2023 getting public funds to build a multi-million dollar STEM building?+ Is there a coordinated effort by some in higher education to write stories trying to deny that the industry is in decline?INTRO: Always add: forward podcast link to your Higher Education friends. No sense in just you

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22:26

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for January 5,...

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) ·

2026/01/05

Sitting in front of the Blue Yeti microphone and the smooth running Riverside.fm podcast software.As ‘Your College Financial Quality Control Advocate’ 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. I talk about delusional colleges, regurgitation reporting, And College Viability is Higher Education’s NORAD. Our data radar tells you which incoming colleges are risky and which

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29:53

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Dec 15, 2025

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) ·

2025/12/15

The final 2025 podcast for This Week in College Viability.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 week's stories include: + Lots of layoff and cutback stories today+ A college without a library. (Bloomberg News story I was quoted in) That is the position that Albright College since 2019+ Merry Christmas from your friendly accreditor + College Bankruptcies Are

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) Special Guest:...

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) ·

2025/12/12

Greg Pillar answers these questions on this special podcast episode of 'This Week in College Viability'."Enrollment teams are obviously focused on hitting the numbers, often relying on GPA and test scores. In your experience, why are those metrics failing to predict a student’s actual readiness for the modern college environment?""If Enrollment focuses on 'getting them in' and Academics focuses on 'teaching them,' who is responsible for the transition? Where are students falling through the

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30:22

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for December...

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) ·

2025/12/08

It is, of course, the holiday season. Sitting here in front of the Blue Yeti microphone, I have to wonder how many college leadership scrooges are out there. The Yeti microphone and I look at college finances constantly. It is almost certain, that even during this holiday season, there are colleges on the brink of announcing they cannot continue.And on that happy note, this is the podcast that talks about the financial health and viability of public and private colleges with data,

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23:40

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

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) ·

2025/12/01

TWICV News and Commentary for December 1, 2025This is the podcast that talks about the financial health and viability of public and private colleges with data, details and perspectives offered nowhere else. + Rider President Says the University Will Survive (That’s a tough sell when I look at the data.)+ A study of 44 private colleges in the northeast by Michael Horn and Steven Shulman. More data to support my premise that higher education will continue to move through its consolidation

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25:22

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Nov 24, 2025

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) ·

2025/11/24

This Thanksgiving week podcast includes stories on:+ We are now ‘sunsetting’ programs and majors.+ Columbia considers expanding undergraduate enrollment by up to 20 percent (I wonder why?_+ Rider U’s financial and accreditation troubles continue to make news.+ In a dog bites man story: University Of Nebraska Faculty Senate Votes No-Confidence Against its Chancellor+ When grades stop meaning anything (UC San Diego story from last week) Kelsey Piper on her Substack siteShow notes:My

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