Eastern Nazarene College: Any Info or working/teaching there?

[mamselle]

Hi, all...

Asking for a friend (literally): I actually had a neighbor I was going to send them to, who's taught there, but it turns out they've moved (the neighbor, that is), and they're not picking up my emails.

So...any insights to share?

Appreciated...all info will be duly forwarded.

Thanks!

M.

[polly_mer]

At Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, tuition makes up 77 percent of the school's revenue but covers just 65 percent of its expenses.

Reference: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/08/11/new-england-smallest-colleges-are-struggling/v60cnP1oEhBX1MEOMb9oSP/story.html

A little internet research indicates that ENC was going to merge with Trevecca in Nashville TN and then the plans were called off in 2018 after the plans were being implemented: https://veritas.enc.edu/2018/03/15/enc-trevecca-merger-discontinued/

ENC has a president who was new in the past year and is just now being inaugurated due to the previous plan to merge with Trevecca: https://enc.edu/news/eastern-nazarene-college-names-14th-president/

Per the NECHE website, Eastern Nazarene College is up for a standard 10-year accreditation review in fall of 2020.

A cursory glance indicates this is exactly the kind of small, underfunded school in a tough market with few/no unique characteristics to make them competitive and attractive to sufficient numbers of students.  I wouldn't plan to retire from such an institution as a full-time faculty member with more than about 5 years left to retirement.

[mamselle]

Thanks. Forwarded.

M.