{
  "id": 14818121,
  "title": "Why small colleges are closing and the toll on students and communities",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/why-small-colleges-are-closing-and-the-toll-on-students-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T22:25:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PBS NewsHour",
    "slug": "pbs-newshour",
    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-small-colleges-are-closing-and-the-toll-on-students-and-communities"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Across the nation, scores of small private colleges and universities are either closing or under threat. As each school shutters, students, faculty, and the surrounding community struggle to find a way forward. Paul Solman reports on one such school and the effects of its demise. It's part of our higher education series, Rethinking College, and produced in collaboration with the Hechinger Report.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}