Failing Grades: A Small College Hits the Skids: No pool and a tiny endowment added to Trinity's woes.(EDUCATION)(Society)(Trinity College of Vermont)(Brief Article)

From: Newsweek | Date: September 25, 2000| Author: McGinn, Daniel | Copyright information

Mattie Pontecorvo should be a walking advertisement for Trinity College of Vermont. For the last two years she's thrived at the tiny women's Roman Catholic college: class president, resident adviser, campus tour guide and all-round Trinity booster. But as she walked across campus last month, the back-to-school buzz was absent. Instead, moving boxes sat outside offices and dorms were being repurposed as homeless shelters. After 75 years, Trinity is closing its doors this month--and ...

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