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Another small college closes as declining enrollment and a hot job market bite

Cardinal Stritch University in suburban Milwaukee will close next month after more than 85 years. It’s one of at least half a dozen private non-profit colleges that have announced plans to close over the past year or so. Among the factors to blame is an overall decline in college enrollment nationwide — there are more than a million fewer undergraduates now than there were in fall 2019.