ASHLAND, wis. (WRN) — A northern Wisconsin college will close at the end of the academic year.
The Northland College Board of Trustees voted unanimously on Wednesday to close the private environmentally focused liberal arts college in Ashland. Declining enrollment and growing costs of higher education were factors cited for the decision to close the college which was founded in 1892.
That’s despite a major fund-raising effort last year which received more than 1,000 donations totaling over $1.5 million, only a fraction of the $12 million needed by an early April deadline to save Northland.
The college enrolls around 200 full time undergraduates and employs some 150 faculty and staff.