All last spring, alumnae and others fought to keep Sweet Briar College from closing. And they won: A court settlement allowed the private college in Virginia to continue its 114-year-old tradition of educating women. On Monday, students began arriving on campus to start the new school year. But the financial pressures which the previous president and board members had cited when they announced last spring that the school must shut down continue, and many supporters are anxiously watching to see that enough students apply, enroll, and remain there to study.

August 24, 2015 ・ From The Washington Post