NY's Cazenovia College to Shut After 200 Years, Highlighting Higher-Ed Risks

  • Cazenovia, founded in 1824, points to falling enrollment
  • Demographics, inflation and the pandemic are squeezing schools

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Just east of Cornell University in upstate New York, the cracks in the US higher-education system are starting to show.

After nearly two centuries, Cazenovia College, a small private school with fewer than 1,000 students, will close its doors at the end of the academic year, citing a financial squeeze from tumbling enrollment.