pandemic, a shrinking pool of undergraduate students nationwide, inflationary pressures, and an overall negative sentiment towards higher education". The public announcement, posted April 29, stated that the college would close at the end of the spring semester. In 2023–2024, the college's final academic year, Wells enrolled 357 students and employed 38 faculty members.
One June 20, 2024, college president Jonathan Gibralter left the institution. On June 30, the same day its accreditation expired, Wells College ceased its operations and closed. The Post-Standard summarized the closure reasons as "the college ran out of students and money". The New York State Department of Labor announced that 141 workers of the college's 165 total employees would be affected by worker adjustment and retraining. On July 1 , Susan Henking was appointed president to oversee the closure.
=== Legacy ===
While it was originally announced alongside the closure itself that Manhattanville University in Purchase, New York, would maintain …
