'A perfect storm' — more colleges at risk as enrollment falls and financial pressures mount

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In part due to the U.S. government’s recent changes to the student visa policy, there are fewer students on college campuses this fall.

For financially vulnerable schools, any decline in enrollment comes at a price.

As higher education faces increased headwinds, closures and mergers are looming “at a pace we haven’t seen since the Great Recession,” said Ted Mitchell, president of the American Council on Education.