Requiem for a College
Jonathan Nichols is the author of Requiem for a College, the literary nonfiction account of the closing of Saint Joseph’s College.
In 2017, Saint Joseph’s College in Rensselaer, Indiana “suspended operations,” leaving a painful void in the lives of the faculty, students, employees, and alumni of the College. This is their story.
Where other books look at the trend of small college closures from a financial perspective, Requiem for a College gives voice to the people involved.
The college-closure crisis is an important part of the revolutionary story, and no one tells this part of the story better than Jon Nichols. Requiem for a College is a gift to the higher education community (and its students and alumni) and while that gift comes wrapped in grim, understated paper, I cannot OVERstate the importance of this book.
Jonathan Nichols
Jonathan Nichols is a professor of English, specializing in composition and rhetoric, and nonfiction writing. He lives in Illinois with his wife and dog.
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