OCTOBER 1, 2025 | composed by STEVE ULRICH
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⏰ The Final Quarter of 2025

🗞️ In Today’s Playbook. More Colleges At Risk As Enrollment Falls and Financial Pressures Mount. Recycle Company’s Bankruptcy Leaves Tons of Discarded Artificial Turf Across PA. Field Hockey, Soccer, Volleyball Polls. Tilly Norwood Stirs Outrage in Hollywood.

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TOP STORY

1. ‘A Perfect Storm’ — More Colleges At Risk As Enrollment Falls and Financial Pressures Mount

“As college and university leaders returned to campus this fall, there were new signs that a long-building financial crisis may finally be reaching a breaking point.

Closures and mergers are looming “at a pace we haven’t seen since the Great Recession,” said Ted Mitchell, president of the American Council on Education.

Higher operating costs and limitations on tuition increases have restricted institutions’ ability to raise revenue, according to 2024 research by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. Higher education as a whole is “facing serious financial headwinds,” the report said.”

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