Fontbonne University

Webster University saw annual revenue drop by more than $5 million during the 2021-22 school year. Chancellor Beth Stroble received nearly $1 million in compensation, including at $174,702 bonus, before announcing her retirement.

When Fontbonne University administrators announced last week that the school would close, the decision stunned students, alumni and others in the St. Louis region. Here’s how the school and its students will move forward during the school’s final months.

Fontbonne University will close, citing enrollment decline. Other universities are facing similar challenges and working to adapt as fewer students choose higher education.

Nearly 12,000 college campuses closed in the U.S. from July 2004 to June 2020.

The board of the 101-year-old Catholic university voted Sunday to close the Clayton-based private school, officials said. Nearby Washington University has agreed to buy the 16-acre property.

The cost-saving measures enacted by the private Clayton-based university will reduce the next two fiscal year's budgets by more than $2 million combined.

The Center for Bosnian Studies is an outgrowth of the Bosnian Memory Project, founded by Fontbonne University Professor Emeritus Benjamin Moore in 2006.

Fontbonne and Quincy universities are founding members of the Midwest Sprint Football League, which will begin play in 2022. Fontbonne’s president, Nancy Blattner, brought the idea with her from her previous post on the east coast.

Humanities and liberal arts majors are in the crosshairs, as colleges focus on programs that are in greater demand and generate more revenue.

As coronavirus cases surge around the country, St. Louis-area universities are planning to welcome students back to campus in August. But many will not be…