Green Mountain College

Green Mountain College, which closed last year because of declining enrollment and financial challenges, has sold at auction for $4.5 million, much lower than the $20 million original asking price. Raj Peter Bhakta, the founder of WhistlePig whiskey in Shoreham, had the winning bid on Tuesday. He would not discuss what he planned to do with the campus. “We’re going…

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Green Mountain College announced its closure in January 2019. The defunct liberal arts college and its 155 acres will go to auction on August 18 at 1 p.m., according to a news release from Maltz Auctions.

Following the closure of three small Vermont colleges in 2019, a new plan is emerging to transform one of those campuses for future use. When the College of St. Joseph told its roughly 200 students it would close after its May graduation, having lost accreditation because it was so cash-strapped, many around Rutland wondered what would happen to its 117-acre campus.

Vermont saw three small colleges close this year, chiefly due to financial problems, but a new proposal would transform one of those campuses for future use.

College officials say Southern Vermont College in Bennington will close at the end of the spring semester because of a decline in enrollment and related debt issues facing other small schools in the Northeast. The Bennington Banner reports that college officials were holding a series of meetings Monday to announce the closure.

As more private colleges fold under financial pressure, state officials in New England have been looking into increasing their oversight of the schools to help protect students.

Students and faculty of Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vermont, are reacting to this week’s announcement that the school will close later this year. The private 185-year-old college, known for programs in environmental and social sustainability, announced it’ll close sometime after the spring semester, saying the campus and its operations are just no longer financially viable.

Officials with Green Mountain College announced Wednesday it would close after the spring semester, leaving students devastated.

The Audi FIS Women’s Ski World Cup is at at Vermont’s Killington Resort this weekend.

The Audi FIS Women’s Ski World Cup is at at Vermont’s Killington Resort this weekend.

Athletes from Italy were training at Vermont’s Killington Resort Wednesday, ahead of this weekend’s Audi FIS Women’s Ski World Cup.

Jessie Casey, 18, a student at Bellows Free Academy in St. Albans, said she will be the first in her family to go to college, and just learned it will be free.