Taylor Closing FW Campus, Writing Program

Here is a sad announcement made yesterday by the Taylor University administration. There's a really fine professional writing major at TUFW, run by my good friend Doc Hensley. I'd encourage you to pray for him and for all the affected students and faculty who will now be forced to adjust. These are excerpts, read the entire story by clicking here.

Taylor exits city campus - Losses in millions; Upland shift urged

Kelly Soderlund, The Journal Gazette

Taylor University will eliminate its undergraduate program in Fort Wayne as of May 31, the university’s president announced Monday, citing a poor business model and a “downward spiral” of enrollment as the chief causes.

Students are being encouraged to finish their degrees on Taylor’s Upland campus, nearly 60 miles from Fort Wayne. Taylor President Eugene Habecker said details are still being ironed out, and it’s unclear how many of the 120 faculty and staff in Fort Wayne will have jobs in Upland or what will happen to the 17 buildings on the local campus.

Some programs, yet to be determined, may be moved to the Upland campus. The consolidation will not affect the Fort Wayne-based master’s of business administration program, which is run out of the Northeast Innovation Center off campus; the online learning program; or the WBCL Radio Network.

Some tracks, such as criminal justice, a different professional writing program and financial planning, currently are offered only on the Fort Wayne campus.