Birmingham-Southern College to Cease Operations After Failing to Secure Loan

Published on March 27, 2024

Birmingham-Southern College (BSC), a 168-year-old private liberal arts institution, announced on Tuesday that it will cease operations by the end of May after failing to secure a $30 million loan from the state. BSC stated that the college’s board of trustees voted unanimously to close it down after a bill designed to amend legislation that established the loan program lacked support in the Alabama House of Representatives. “This is a tragic day for the College, our students, our employees, and our alumni,” the board’s chair Rev. Keith D. Thompson said in a press release. “But it is also a terrible day for Birmingham, for the neighborhoods who have surrounded our campus for more than 100 years, and for Alabama,” he added....

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