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Notre Dame College Closes After Failed Merger Leaves No Option

  • Ohio college is the latest to close as enrollment drops
  • Religious institutions have struggled due to niche focus

The Notre Dame College campus in South Euclid, Ohio.

Photographer: Dane Rhys/Bloomberg
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Notre Dame College, a small, 102-year-old liberal arts school in a Cleveland suburb, announced it would shut its doors after a failed effort to tie up with a nearby institution.

The school of about 1,400 students said on Thursday that it would close at the end of the spring semester. It was founded in 1922 by the Sisters of Notre Dame.