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[A] Is there still a place for the tiddlers? " That’ s an explicit yes, " says Bob Shea of NACUBO, "but do there need to be merg
[A] Is there still a place for the tiddlers? " That’ s an explicit yes, " says Bob Shea of NACUBO, "but do there need to be merg
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[A] Is there still a place for the tiddlers? " That’ s an explicit yes, " says Bob Shea of NACUBO, "but do there need to be mergers and acquisitions? That’ s an unequivocal yes as well. "Many small colleges serve niche markets, including a large faith-based one. "Many students wouldn’ t go to college at all or would be lost in a large one, " says Ms. Brown.
[B] Part of the problem, at least for small liberal arts institutions, is that parents and would-be students are questioning the value of the liberal arts. They want a solid return, in the form of a well-paying job, for their four-year investment. There are still an awful lot of small places: about 40% of degree-granting colleges have fewer than 1, 000 students. But enrolment at these institutions has fallen by more than 5% since 2010, while the student population has increased overall.
[C]Some tiny colleges rely on donations to save the day. Alumni are concerned about the value of their own degree if the college closes, but donors can grow weary. Marlboro, meanwhile, is using its endowment to offer scholarships to one student from each state in an effort to expand its usual pool from New England and to open up new student pipelines. It saw success straight away. It increased its student population by 6% this academic year, after years of falling enrolment.
[D] Visitors stand out at Marlboro College’ s pastoral campus in the woods of Vermont, but not because they are special or even unexpected. With 190 enrolled students and just a few dozen faculty and staff, everyone knows everyone. The student-faculty ratio is five to one, about the lowest in the country. The college administration has worked hard to stay small: the student population has rarely topped 350. But in the years since its founding after the Second World War, Marlboro has often skirted financial ruin. In 1993 it had only a few payrolls left in the bank. It was rescued by a foundation. Today it is looking for ways to save itself and already seeing some success.
[E] To attract students, some colleges are reducing their sticker price, but this is not sustainable for colleges without healthy endowments. According to the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) , 49% of independent colleges and universities give discounts, up from 38% a decade ago.
[F] Alice Brown, a former head of the Appalachian College Association^ network of tiny colleges in the Appalachian Mountains, thinks more must merge or close. The Berklee College of Music(4, 371 students) and the Boston Conservatory (730 students) merged in June. Small colleges often share accountants or laboratories already.
[G] Marlboro is not alone in facing revenue and enrolment pressures. Burlington College (70 students) , also in Vermont, shut its doors over the summer. Sweet Briar, a well-regarded women’ s college in Virginia, nearly closed to its 245 students last year. A last minute bout of fundraising by alumni saved it, for now. Moody’ s, a credit-ratings agency, said in 2015 that the pace of closures and mergers will accelerate and could triple from an average of five per year over the next few years. Dennis Gephardt of Moody’ s says closures and mergers will be concentrated among the smallest colleges.
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解析
本文第一段提出问题:美国微型学院面临危机,可能会关闭和合并;第二段分析问题,介绍微型学院出现危机的原因。所以下一段应该介绍如何解决问题,即具体介绍用什么方法来避免关闭和合并的命运。选项E开门见山地提出:为了吸引学生,一些院校降低了学费标价,并提供学费折扣。选项E与上文衔接紧密,故正确。
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