Troubled Morthland College Announces Closure

Morthland College, a small-scale non-profit establishment inwards West Frankfort, IL, announced that it volition close.  The schoolhouse held its outset classes inwards 2011 in addition to enrolled about 1 hundred students.  The college mission indicated that it offered a liberal arts teaching amongst "...founding principles rooted inwards the centrality of Jesus Christ...recognizing the Christian foundations of our country..."

WSIL-TV of Carterville, IL offers a brusk video in addition to article on May 26, 2018 amongst reporting past times Andrew Feather, "Morthland College to close."   The post service includes a re-create of the unloose from Morthland announcing the closing.  Feather likewise notes that "... year of bad tidings for the school, which included federal investigations, taxation liens in addition to hefty fines.Financial problems began at the college final twelvemonth when it’s access to federal assist was cutting off next an internal review past times the Department of Education."  He adds that a twelvemonth agone spell the schoolhouse owed the IRS $700,000 in addition to the Department of Education had levied $2 1000000 inwards fines for ethical in addition to reporting violations, President Tim Morthland was claiming the establishment was financially sound. 

WSIL-TV followed on May 27, 2018 amongst reporting past times Hannah Gebresilassie, "Neighbors weight inwards on Morton College closing."

If y'all are interested inwards recent trends for closures, mergers,and acquisitions access College Closures since 2009 in the index at the correct of any  page.  There are split tabs for non-profit closures, for-profit closures, in addition to 1 for mergers in addition to acquisitions.  Each tab includes basic information for the institutions, i.e., Carnegie Classification, sector, accrediting agency, in addition to the IPEDS unitid.