Facing financial difficulties, the College of Saint Rose will close at the end of the academic year. The college’s Board of Trustees voted at a meeting Thursday to close the small, private college in Albany, N.Y., according to local news reports. The Times Union recently reported that the college had requested $5 million in emergency funding from the city of Albany as well as money from the state. The College of Saint Rose has been in operation for a little over a century. Recent years have been fraught with tension; in 2017, multiple trustees resigned due to a clash with then president Carolyn J. Stefanco (who later stepped down) over her leadership style. The college also saw deep cuts in 2020, with multiple programs and faculty members axed amid financial issues.
