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Local Small Colleges Facing Financial Issues & Closures
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Newbury College recently announced the closure and sale of its Brookline campus due to financial struggles and shifting demographics. Brookline Interactive Group's community journalism team examines similar challenges other small private Massachusetts liberal arts schools are facing as STEM programs continue to rise in popularity.
Brookline is now considering whether to pursue the acquisition of Newbury College's property, which is currently on the market for nearly $40 million.
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BIG also recently launched #IAmBrookline, a weekly media series delving into the Brookline identity. The project gives Brookline residents and visitors a platform to share their stories about growing up, living, working, and studying in Brookline.
Find out what's happening in Brooklinefor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Stories from the #IAmBrookline series can be viewed on the Duckling app under the #IAmBrookline insights tag, in addition to being posted on BIG's cable channels.
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Brookline Interactive Group (BIG) is an integrated media and technology education center and a community media hub for Brookline, MA and the region. BIG facilitates diverse community dialogue, incubates and funds hyperlocal storytelling, arts, journalism and technology projects, and serves over 500 youth and adults annually through innovative classes and partnerships. BIG offers extensive multimedia training, Virtual Reality (VR) and 360-video cameras and training, access to high quality filmmaking equipment, production grants, and provides low-cost professional media services to non-profit organizations, education partners, businesses, and to local government. Visit www.brooklineinteractive.org to learn more.