Mount Ida College

A federal judge has dismissed a class-action lawsuit brought by three students who attended a Massachusetts college that abruptly closed. The lawsuit was filed in November against Mount Ida College and former administrators and trustees. The students alleged that college officials deliberately misled them about the severity of the school’s financial problems before it closed in May 2018.

As more private colleges fold under financial pressure, state officials in New England have been looking into increasing their oversight of the schools to help protect students.

Students and faculty of Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vermont, are reacting to this week’s announcement that the school will close later this year. The private 185-year-old college, known for programs in environmental and social sustainability, announced it’ll close sometime after the spring semester, saying the campus and its operations are just no longer financially viable.

A Massachusetts college is hoping to merge with another institution well before it reaches a financial crisis. Hampshire College says it has a balanced budget and a healthy endowment, but it faces the same pressures that have forced other small schools to close.

Former students of the now-closed Mount Ida College filed a class action lawsuit against the school on Monday and accused the institution of fraud, negligence and violating their students’ privacy. The complaint describes the university’s closure as “catastrophic” and says students’ educational careers have been jeopardized. Students were left with discontinued degree programs and lost credits that were unable to...

The former president of now-closed Mount Ida College blames the school’s shutdown on a last-minute change of terms in the planned merger with Lasell College.

A Massachusetts Senate committee will release its findings Thursday on UMass’ acquisition of Mount Ida College.

Students, faculty, and alumni at the University of Massachusetts Boston are scheduled to protest Wednesday morning in the wake of the recent UMass Amherst-Mount Ida College deal.

The former campus of Mount Ida College has been formally transferred to the University of Massachusetts Amherst as questions linger about the financial problems that led to Mount Ida’s demise.

Mount Ida students who are worried their education could be at risk are speaking out. With their school being sold to the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Mt. Ida students are being forced to figure out what comes next academically.

Marty Meehan, president of the UMass system, spoke for the first time about the deal to purchase Mount Ida College.

The head of a legislative committee says subpoenas could be issued to top officials of Massachusetts’ Mount Ida College after they declined to appear at an oversight hearing on the school’s closing.

A group representing the faculty of the University of Massachusetts-Boston has issued a declaration of no confidence in UMass President Martin Meehan and the university system’s board of trustees over the decision to purchase the assets of Mount Ida College.

Students and faculty at the University of Massachusetts Boston are scheduled to hold a walkout on Tuesday afternoon to protest the school system’s purchase of Mount Ida College.

Parents of students at Mount Ida College are worried about the future after the sudden closure of the school.

The public will have a chance to weigh in on the closure of Mount Ida College on Tuesday morning.

Franklin Pierce University is offering 20 full-tuition scholarships to students at a small private college in Massachusetts that is set to close if they enroll as full-time residential students at the New Hampshire school.

The Massachusetts Department of Higher Education is scheduled to meet with officials at Mount Ida College Thursday over the school’s recent decision to close.

The Massachusetts Senate has ordered an oversight hearing into the planned purchase by the University of Massachusetts of the assets of Mount Ida College, which plans to close at the end of the current semester.