FB-040 · 1988
Liberal-arts & aviation college · New Hampshire
Nathaniel Hawthorne College — A Fly-In College Grounded by $4 Million in Debt
Insolvency + lost backer · Closed
1988
SG-059 · 1988
HBCU · Texas
Bishop College — A Century of Black Texas Learning, Closed Owing More Than It Could Pay
debt + lost accreditation · Closed
SG-060 · 1988
Catholic women's college · Colorado
Loretto Heights College — A Hilltop Women’s College the Sisters Sold to Stay Solvent
enrollment decline + sale · Closed
1983
FB-041 · 1983
Liberal-arts college · Maine
Nasson College — Closed in 1983, Ordered Reopened by a Court, Gone Anyway
Insolvency + enrollment · Closed
1982
SG-061 · 1982
HBCU · Mississippi
Mississippi Industrial College — A Bishop’s College, Closed Across the Road From the One That Outlived It
lost accreditation + finances · Closed
AB-027 · 1982
Liberal-arts college · New York
Eisenhower College — The Living Memorial RIT Took In, Ran Three Years, and Switched Off
merger then closure (RIT) · Absorbed
1981
SG-062 · 1981
HBCU junior college · South Carolina
Friendship College — The College Whose Students Chose the Jail, Then Lost the College
finances + enrollment · Closed
SG-063 · 1981
Catholic women's college · New York
Ladycliff College — A Women’s College on the Cliffs, Bought by the Army It Faced
enrollment decline + finances · Closed