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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
参照上题的分析,可知本题正确答案是选项A,本段一方面通过提问的方式来承接上文,提出小型学院还是有生存空间和发展前途的,另一方面与全文的最后一段呼应。最后一段进一步指出小型学院除了降低学费、寻求特殊市场,还可以依靠捐款来拯救局面,也可以利用其捐赠基金为学生提供奖学金,以努力扩大生源库,并开发新的学生资源。
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