Hampshire College, a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts, has announced it will close by the end of 2026 following years of financial struggles. The Huron Consulting Group has warned that over 400 of the nation’s 1,700 private, nonprofit four-year colleges and universities are at risk of closing or having to merge within the next 10 years. This comes amid growing attacks on education by the Trump administration and decades of skyrocketing tuition costs, declining student enrollment and a student debt crisis.