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Former Marlboro College Faculty Members Rallying To Keep Campus Open

White buildings on the Marlboro College campus near the road
Amy Kolb Noyes
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VPR File
A group led by two former Marlboro College faculty members hopes to come up with an alternative to the college's plan to merge with Emerson College, in Boston, and close the Marlboro campus.

Last month Marlboro College announced plans to close its Marlboro campus and merge with Emerson College, in Boston. Now a group led by former faculty members says it's working on a different plan.

Retired faculty members T. Hunter Wilson and Adrian Segar are working on what they call "Reboot: Marlboro College 2.0." Wilson said he believes there’s a way to keep the college viable.

"Marlboro College is not an institution like some of the others that have closed that were mired in debt," he said. "Marlboro has a substantial endowment and very little debt."

Wilson noted the school does have clear enrollment problems, but said he thinks that can be fixed.

"It's a disaster to be resisted, rather than inevitability simply to be accepted," he said.

Wilson said they're working with dozens of local residents, faculty and alumni on creating an alternative plan. 

"If we’re given time actually to follow through on this, we may be able to pull it together," he said.

Wilson admits it’s an uphill battle. But, he said, Marlboro College has always faced an uncertain future.

"I don’t think it’s a certainty at all," said Wilson. "But we’ve got through 76 years of uncertainty already, so I think we can get through this one."

Amy is an award winning journalist who has worked in print and radio in Vermont since 1991. Her first job in professional radio was at WVMX in Stowe, where she worked as News Director and co-host of The Morning Show. She was a VPR contributor from 2006 to 2020.
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