Finlandia University – in Hancock, in the U.P. - is shutting its doors permanently after this semester. Another private liberal arts university four-hundred miles away, Alma College, is lowering barriers to help prospective students.
Applying to the college would only require the application itself—no essays or cover letters, said Ebony Dixon, assistant vice president of enrollment at Alma.
"We’ve really removed all the barriers that could help those students transfer into Alma really successfully," she said.
A scholarship is being offered that would cover tuition and fees, though not room and board, Dixon said.
The college is offering a scholarship to cover full tuition and fees, she said.
"We really don’t see it as being far. We are actually the closest liberal arts institution in proximity to Finlandia," she said. "We have some of the same mission as Finlandia university students, again we believe in a liberal arts education...And really we want to continue to support these students."