MARLBORO, Vt. – Economists and higher education experts are warning small liberal arts colleges across the country to brace for the worst. The report found that one in five small private colleges in the nation is under "fundamental stress." With other rural Vermont colleges boarding up, like Green Mountain College a few miles away, Marlboro College's president Kevin Quigly is working to defy the odds. "That's really a double whammy that adversely affects the finances of these small colleges," said Quigly. "I think it's going to be really brutal in some of these rural communities where the small liberal arts school is the mainstay of the economy," said Horn.

Source: Fox News April 17, 2019 20:58 UTC