{“title”:”More Than a Quarter of Private Colleges at Risk”,”content”:”On Sterling College’s 130-acre farm in Craftsbury Common, Vt., students tend newborn lambs and learn hands-on agriculture amid wide sunsets and little cell service. For seniors such as LillyAnne Keeley, that remote atmosphere drew her to the small school. Now Keeley and classmates are spending a final semester on campus: Sterling announced it will close in May and give students one term to graduate or transfer.
Izzy Johnson, left, and Jack Beatson are first-year students at Sterling College in Craftsbury Common, Vt. The college has announced that it will close at the end of this semester. Oliver Parini for The Hechinger Report hide caption toggle caption Oliver Parini for The Hechinger Report CRAFTSBURY COMMON, Vt. — More than a dozen newborn