{
  "id": 2761834,
  "title": "Unprecedented crisis grips US colleges, squeezed by soaring costs and Trump-fuelled distrust",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/unprecedented-crisis-grips-us-colleges-squeezed-by-soaring-costs-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-23T08:53:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/08/23/unprecedented-crisis-grips-us-colleges-squeezed-by-soaring-costs-and-trump-fuelled-distrust_6756773_4.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Around 15 higher education institutions closed in 2025 due to debt, and about 40 closed in 2024. In addition to cuts in government funding, academia faced a decline in enrollment as many young people questioned the value of the skills taught.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}