Goddard College eliminates positions and plans more cutbacks next month
PLAINFIELD -- Goddard College has eliminated seven full-time and five part-time positions and plans more cutbacks in January, part of cost-cutting measures prompted by low enrollment.
The liberal arts college, which offers a low-residency program, had 409 students enrolled this autumn, said Michelle Barber, the school’s interim director of marketing. It had 804 in 2010.
The November layoffs don’t presage closure of the struggling school, Barber said. Goddard will continue to offer its 15 degree programs, including a B.A. and M.A. in education that are offered through a Seattle program, and two MFAs offered through a Goddard program in Port Townsend, Washington.
Instead, they’re a response to pressure from the New England Commission of Higher Education, which has given the private college two years to stabilize its financial position and its leadership. Otherwise, Goddard will lose its accreditation.
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