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Another New England college going under

Newbury College’s motto, translated from Latin, is, ironically, “Let It Flourish’’.

Newbury College’s motto, translated from Latin, is, ironically, “Let It Flourish’’.

From Robert Whitcomb’s “Digital Diary,’’ in GoLocal24.com

‘So another in the surplus of small private New England colleges will die. Newbury College, in Brookline, will shut down at the end of the spring semester because it can’t rope in enough tuition money to keep going. There will be more. I wonder how many of these usually attractive, bucolic campuses can be reused as corporate campuses, retirement communities, affordable housing or even outpatient health centers.

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