{"id":6354,"date":"2016-06-01T21:02:48","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T01:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=6354"},"modified":"2016-06-11T20:56:40","modified_gmt":"2016-06-12T00:56:40","slug":"st-catharine-college-closing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2016\/06\/01\/st-catharine-college-closing\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Catharine College Closing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nA small Kentucky college says it’s closing due to declining enrollment and increasing debt from construction of academic and residential facilities.<\/p>\n

St. Catharine College said Wednesday it will close at the end of July.<\/p>\n

It has been embroiled in a dispute with the U.S. Department of Education over hundreds of thousands of dollars in student aid funds the agency had not reimbursed.<\/p>\n

St. Catharine said in a lawsuit it was “at the brink of extinction” due to the dispute.<\/p>\n

John Turner, chairman of the school’s Board of Trustees, said its debt was unmanageable due to smaller enrollment and the Department of Education’s “chokehold” on its cash flow.<\/p>\n

The debt stems from construction of residence halls, a health-sciences building and a library on the campus in Washington County.<\/p>\n

Its enrollment dropped from about 600 full-time students to fewer than 475.
\nSource: AP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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