FEBRUARY 20, 2025 | composed by STEVE ULRICH

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🔐 Northland College Closes
📜 NCAA Responds As Critics Call Out Potential Loopholes in Policy
🎾 Emory Looks to Defend National Indoor Title
🏐 Top Five Remain Locked in Place

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TOP STORY
1. Northland College Announces Closure

“The Northland College Board of Trustees Wednesday voted unanimously to close the College at the end of the 2024–25 academic year. Founded in Wisconsin in 1892, Northland was the first US college to fully integrate an environmental focus with its liberal arts curriculum.

“Despite the collaborative efforts of the entire Northland family, we no longer have the resources needed to navigate the economic and demographic storms endangering small, liberal arts institutions today,” said Ted Bristol, Chair of the Northland College Board of Trustees. “With declining enrollment and soaring costs, it takes more to operate the College than we raise in tuition. Even after enacting aggressive measures to cut costs and raise revenues, Northland College has no sustainable path forward.”

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