Marymount California University to close this summer

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. – Marymount California College, a half-century-old non-public Catholic establishment, will shut this summer time, its board of trustees introduced.

The liberal arts faculty positioned on the Palos Verdes Peninsula south of Los Angeles has been struggling in recent times attributable to declining enrollment, rising prices and the coronavirus pandemic, the college mentioned in an announcement Friday.

“This choice was not made frivolously. However we felt essentially the most compassionate factor to do was to offer everybody time to make plans. Our focus now shall be to assist our college students, school and workers,” mentioned Brian Marcotte, the college’s president.

Marymount California has 500 full-time college students and 140 full-time workers,

The college mentioned courses will conclude with the top of the summer time time period in August.

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Within the meantime, Marymount California will work on transitioning college students to different faculties and universities for the autumn semester and discover new work for school and workers.

Solely a small variety of staff will stay after courses finish to handle the closure.

The college was based by the Non secular of the Sacred Coronary heart of Mary in 1968 as Marymount Palos Verdes School, a two-year establishment.

The title was modified to Marymount California College in 2013 as four-year undergraduate levels and graduate diploma packages had been supplied.

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