As enrollment falls and colleges close, a surprising number of new ones are opening

Photo caption: Students and staff share space in the Roux Institute in Portland, Maine, one of several largely unnoticed new higher education institutions popping up around the country. Photo credit: Molly Haley for The Hechinger Report. Article by Jon Marcus. The Hechinger Report – November 12, 2021.

PORTLAND, Maine — The ergonomic chairs, glass-walled conference rooms, ubiquitous technology and smell of new carpets and fresh paint scream well-funded startup. And that’s what the Roux Institute is: a brand-new university campus backed by $200 million of donated money. The institute, which opened last year in borrowed space with sweeping views of Casco Bay in Portland’s fast-developing East End, is offering master’s degrees, certificates and professional training in computer science, data analytics, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, cybersecurity and other subjects. […]

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