... It was the board of trustees".
In May 1996, 17 of the faculty members terminated in the 1994 firings filed a lawsuit against Bennington College, seeking $3.7 million in damages and reinstatement to their former positions. In December 2000, the case was settled out of court; as part of the settlement, the fired faculty members received $1.89 million and an apology from the college. In the immediate wake of the controversy, for the 1994–1995 academic year, the college's enrollment dropped to a record low of 370 undergraduates, and the following year (1995–1996), undergraduate enrollment declined to 285. According to Coleman, a student body of 600 undergraduates was required for the college to break even.
=== 2000s and 2010s ===
As of 2015, the college reports a total enrollment of 755 students with steady increases in quality student applications. Bennington College appeared on the Princeton Review's 2018 Best Northeastern Colleges List, which includes the schools that it considers "academically outstanding …
