Union Institute unloading VT campus

The Union Institute which purchased the campus and programs at a VT college in Montpelier is trying to sell the property.
When the puchase was made Union talked about using the campus for weekend seminars. There was talk of integrating it in nationwide and international programming. That effort never seemed to get off the ground.
Perhaps Union has had an economic slow down?
Perhaps the VT campus was too far away from the base population that they serve?
Perhaps it was simply overreaching?
All the best! Iratr

 

The Union Institute is a short residency institution of higher education. As such, its students are not concentrated in any one geographic area. As such, that is not the reason for the sale of their Vermont College campus.

 

U. of VT not interested in the campus

In response to the thread which suggested that the U. of VT might purchase the campus...
U. of VT is doing much brick and concrete building. At this point UVM does not seem interested in the old Vermont College campus. U. of VT just acquired the old Trinity College campus which is adjacent to the UVM campus in Burlington, VT. They really need to do a great deal of maitenance on the old Trinity campus. UVM is also not very interested in distance learning.
One would have to assume that the programs Union purchased are not making a profit.
The local Montpelier campus never seemed to be integrated in Union programs. The local staff only had information about the local programs. They would refer people out of state to learn about any Union doctoral offerings.
The Montpelier campus does not seem to have been used for any short stay, weekend, few week days type of programming. A very pretty little campus with all the charm of being located in the state capital of a small state.
All the best! iratr

 

Union Institute's reason for buying Vermont College was that prior to the acquisition of Vermont College, Union Institute had only bachelor's and doctoral programs; thereafter, they had bachelor's, master's, and doctoral programs. Union does offer some short (one-week) classes in Montpelier; one that I noticed was Dr. Susan Amussen's Philosophy of History course. Note that the only reason I noticed that one in particular is that it was of interest to me as an old history major; no doubt there are many others, too. The formerly independent Vermont College never did try to integrate very well with either of their subsequent owners, Norwich University or Union Institute. Not sure as to the financial status of Union, but I would not be too terribly surprised if they were experiencing problems.