2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumBurlington College to close under weight of debt
Burlington Free Press
Zach Despart, Free Press Staff Writer 3:10 p.m. EDT May 17, 2016
Burlington College to close under weight of debt
Founded in 1972 as an informal gathering of students, Burlington College grew into a small, regionally accredited liberal arts college. But financial strain and academic probation created by an ambitious but ill-fated expansion under then-President Jane Sanders onto a new campus on prime waterfront land led to the school's demise, officials said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2016/05/17/daily-202-failure-of-burlington-college-is-a-big-problem-for-bernie-and-jane-sanders/573a388c981b92a22d837b46/?tid=hybrid_collaborative_1_na--
The Sanders campaign has ignored repeated requests for comment on Burlington Colleges failure. The uncharacteristic silence is telling.
StayFrosty
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Henhouse
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(1,196 posts)the ground.
KingFlorez
(12,689 posts)Two people who totally deserve each other.
Henhouse
(646 posts)They take what others have worked hard to build, use it to their own advantage and then walk away leaving the mess behind them for other to fix.
Akicita
(1,196 posts)dollars lost to failed solar energy companies, billions of dollars paid out under the radar to Wall Street and the health insurance industry and many, many more. We were promised transparency and accountability and didn't get it and he gets very little criticism from our side for it. But if a business run by Hillary's opponent's wife fails, then the world is coming to an end if he is elected. Give me a break.
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TheBlackAdder
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nc4bo
(17,651 posts)It's long and gonna take time to read through. Looks well put together.
Make of it as you may..
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/education/2014/08/15/financial-questions-dog-burlington-college/14117505/
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)The perfect counter if and when Bernie brought up Trump's business failures and bankruptcies.