Inside Higher Education

'The first taste of a bitter cup': Financial collapse averted at Hannibal-LaGrange University, but at what cost?

June 6, 2022 | By LIAM KNOX, Inside Higher Ed

This story first appeared on the Inside Higher Ed website on May 26, 2022. It is reprinted here in its entirety, with permission. On the morning of May 2, the leaders of Hannibal-LaGrange University called faculty and staff into a meeting to share good news: they had raised $1.5 million and would remain open for the fall…