A college closure "wreaked havoc" on students, staff and the community. Massachusetts set out to make sure it never happened ...

Former Mount Ida College president Barry Brown ... to buy the Mount Ida campus in Newton and allow students from the closed school to transfer to UMass Dartmouth. Some students took that option ...

NEWTON, MASS. (WHDH) - The University of Massachusetts will acquire Newton’s Mount Ida College, which announced that it is closing after more than 100 years due financial struggles.

The University of Massachusetts will acquire the campus and facilities of Mount Ida College in Newton and accept students in good standing to UMass Dartmouth for fall 2018, according to an ...

When Barry Brown took over as president of Mount Ida College in 2012, he embarked on an ambitious plan to make the school's 72-acre campus in Newton more attractive to potential students.

BOSTON (AP) — Students who attended a Massachusetts college that abruptly shut ... talks with nearby Lasell College. Mount Ida's physical campus in Newton was sold for $75 million to the ...

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura said Tuesday that her office is investigating whether the senior leadership and board of Mount Ida College violated ... with the Newton school’s decision ...

Mount Ida College is moving to develop a section of its Newton campus to make room for an eight-lot subdivision of single family homes on Carlson Avenue. The proposed development comes as the ...

The University of Massachusetts has reached a preliminary agreement to acquire the 74-acre Newton campus of Mount Ida College, which is slated to cease operations at the conclusion of the 2017-2018 ...

NEWTON (CBS) – The University of Massachusetts has finalized an agreement to acquire the physical assets of the Mount Ida College campus to use for academic, career preparation and economic ...