Moultrie Observer

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October 24, 2009

Brewton Parker to close Norman Park campus

MOULTRIE — Brewton Parker College is closing two campuses, including its Norman Park satellite, in a move to trim costs at the financially strapped institution.

The closing will affect the roughly 45 students who attend classes in Colquitt County.

In addition to closing the Norman Park campus and a second in Liberty County, the private, Christian college is slashing half of its academic majors.

The closings will take place at the end of the fall semester, Kelley Arnold, Brewton Parker’s director of news and public information, said Friday.

“It’s because we’re under significant financial stress,” she said.

The college announced earlier this month that it is retrenching in the face of a deep reduction in the value of endowments, which nationally have been reduced by as much as 30 percent. The losses at Brewton Parker were not that severe, but the college decided to make cuts in programs and personnel in the face of losses to endowment values.

While it is cutting 50 percent of its majors, the reduction will only affect about 10 percent of students.

The college will maintain 18 majors, including early childhood education and degrees in middle grades education, accounting, biology, history, English and information systems.

Arnold said students in Norman Park can continue their studies online.

“We are working with all the students,” she said. “What we are doing is we’re working on an online option for those people who have a declared major. A lot of our courses have an online component.”

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