La Salle University just welcomed the first female president in its 152-year history. The Dalai Lama will visit the campus in October, and students and staff are eagerly awaiting Pope Francis' arrival next month in Philadelphia. But that excitement hasn't protected the Catholic university from enrollment struggles, as many small, private universities compete for fewer applicants. Faced with a more-than-$12-million shortfall - the largest in recent school history - and a precipitous drop in the freshman class, La Salle recently laid off 23 employees, about 3 percent of the workforce.

August 26, 2015 ・ From Philadelphia Inquirer