MARLBORO, Vt. (AP) - The Vermont Attorney General’s Office has released a notice of non-objection in regard to the closing of Marlboro College.
The office released a statement Monday confirming that Marlboro’s plans to merge with Emerson College in Boston and sell its campus on Potash Hill to the non-profit Democracy Builders Fund Inc. within legal standards, the Brattleboro Reformer reported.
In the statement, the Attorney General’s Office acknowledged that “ultimately, while the (Attorney General’s Office) recognizes that Marlboro College’s impending closure is an occasion of significant and challenging import for many of the College’s students, faculty, staff, and alumni, as well as community members of Marlboro … the (Attorney General’s Office) finds that the proposed transactions are consistent with relevant state laws governing charitable nonprofit corporations and their assets.”
As part of the merger Emerson will rename its Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies to the Marlboro Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies at Emerson College.
Emerson will also accept Marlboro undergraduates in good standing for the 2020 semester.
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