College enrollments are falling, and many institutions aren't responding boldly enough. The Ursuline sisters' college is considering a merger not out of financial crisis, but because aging leadership and no new members mean the school can't sustain itself alone.
There seems to be a lot of institutions that are just sitting back and waiting. So what's stopping them from, from doing what you're doing?
Honestly, I think it's, it's a commitment to being bold and there's, there's an aspect of bravery, knowing that what's, what's, what's bravery, it's being a little afraid and still doing it anyways. Right. So that's, people have to make bold decisions and it has to be the leadership of the institution and the board. And I really want to give that type of credit to the Ursuline sisters. Now you can imagine they have oversight over Ursuline College. Leadership is looking at the order saying we haven't had a new sister join the organization in quite some time. Our average age is increasing. There's not a sustainability plan here. Let's look at merging with another institution. Even though we're not in financial distress. That's where it starts.
