Editing Marlboro College (section)

==History==
Marlboro College was founded in 1946 by [[Walter F. Hendricks]], who had been inspired by his time as director of English at [[Biarritz American University]].<ref name=timeline1945/> Hendricks led the college for five years, until 1951, but would leave after a dispute with the trustees. He founded [[Windham College]] that same year.

Many of the first students were returning [[World War II]] veterans. The campus incorporated the buildings of three farms that were on the site at Potash Hill.<ref name="History">{{cite web |title=History |url=https://www.marlboro.edu/about/history/ |website=Marlboro College |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730213455/https://www.marlboro.edu/about/history/ |archive-date=July 30, 2019}}</ref> The first students were primarily freshmen but included some sophomores and juniors and one senior, Hugh Mulligan, who in 1948 became the first Marlboro graduate.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Nevada Daily Mail - Google News Archive Search |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1908&dat=19581014&id=-2UfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pdQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=883,3701582 |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=news.google.com |archive-date=2023-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016000944/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1908&dat=19581014&id=-2UfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pdQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=883,3701582 |url-status=live }}</ref> The students made "How Are Things At Casserole College?" the first school song in response to the dining hall menu.<ref>{{cite news |author=Hugh A. Mulligan |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1908&dat=19581014&id=-2UfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pdQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=883,3701582 |title=Hal Boyle Writes: Marlboro Class of '48 Holds a Reunion |newspaper=The Nevada Daily Mail |date=October 14, 1958 |page=2 |access-date=May 6, 2021 |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506004147/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1908&dat=19581014&id=-2UfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pdQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=883,3701582 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2012, Marlboro instituted the Beautiful Minds Challenge, an essay contest for high school students with full or partial scholarships and other awards as prizes.<ref name="2016new" /> Essays could take the form of text, images, audio, or video and were judged by Marlboro faculty, staff, and students; finalists were flown to the Marlboro campus for a symposium where they presented their work.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.marlboro.edu/news/story/5123/Marlboro%20launches%202017%20Beautiful%20Minds%20Challenge |title=Marlboro launches 2017 Beautiful Minds Challenge |publisher=Marlboro College |date=2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101821/https://www.marlboro.edu/news/story/5123/Marlboro%20launches%202017%20Beautiful%20Minds%20Challenge |archive-date=August 24, 2018}}</ref> The program was discontinued after the 2018 competition. The Renaissance Scholars program, instituted in 2015 with the objective of attracting new students from every state and increasing diversity, caused a rise in enrollment to approximately 200 in fall 2016.<ref name="2016new" />

The college remained intentionally small;<ref>{{cite web |title=Mission |url=https://www.marlboro.edu/about/mission/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730213528/https://www.marlboro.edu/about/mission/ |archive-date=July 30, 2019 |publisher=Marlboro College}}</ref> in 2017 it was one of only three liberal arts colleges listed by ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' where all classes had fewer than 20 students.<ref name="USNews">{{Cite web |date=September 2017 |title=Marlboro Continues to Rise in U.S. News Ranking |url=https://www.marlboro.edu/news/story/5125/Marlboro%20Continues%20to%20Rise%20in%20U.S.%20News%20Ranking |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009194727/https://www.marlboro.edu/news/story/5125/Marlboro%20Continues%20to%20Rise%20in%20U.S.%20News%20Ranking |archive-date=October 9, 2017 |publisher=Marlboro College}}</ref>

===Merger===
In 2018, Marlboro's small size and dwindling enrollment led the Board of Trustees to begin exploring merging with another college or university. In 2019, a merger with the [[University of Bridgeport]] was announced and then called off.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/09/16/marlboro-college-and-u-bridgeport-drop-plans-merge |title=No Deal |author=Colleen Flaherty |website=Inside Higher Ed |date=September 16, 2019 |access-date=November 6, 2019 |archive-date=November 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106161542/https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/09/16/marlboro-college-and-u-bridgeport-drop-plans-merge |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Lola Duffort |url=https://vtdigger.org/2019/09/14/merger-between-marlboro-college-and-university-of-bridgeport-unravels/ |title=Merger between Marlboro College and University of Bridgeport unravels |website=VTDigger |date=September 14, 2019 |access-date=May 4, 2021 |archive-date=May 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504155137/https://vtdigger.org/2019/09/14/merger-between-marlboro-college-and-university-of-bridgeport-unravels/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Later that year, the college announced that it would merge with [[Emerson College]] at the end of the 2019–20 academic year.<ref>{{cite news |author=Andrew Brinker |url=https://berkeleybeacon.com/a-chat-with-marlboro-college-president-kevin-quigley/ |title=A chat with Marlboro College President Kevin Quigley |newspaper=The Berkeley Beacon |date=November 14, 2019 |access-date=May 4, 2021 |archive-date=May 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504103334/https://berkeleybeacon.com/a-chat-with-marlboro-college-president-kevin-quigley/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Under the agreement, finalized on July 23, 2020, Marlboro gave its endowment to Emerson, which created the Marlboro Institute of Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies. Marlboro students were guaranteed admission and tenure-track faculty were guaranteed teaching positions at Emerson.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.marlboro.edu/community/news/whats-next-for-marlboro/ |title=What's Next for Marlboro |date=July 23, 2020 |publisher=Marlboro College |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202061528/https://www.marlboro.edu/community/news/whats-next-for-marlboro/ |archive-date=December 2, 2020}}</ref> At the time of its closure, Marlboro had approximately 150 students.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2019/11/06/emerson-plans-absorb-marlboro |title=Emerson Plans to Absorb Marlboro |author=Scott Jaschik |website=Inside Higher Ed |date=November 6, 2019 |access-date=May 3, 2021 |archive-date=December 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204212757/https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2019/11/06/emerson-plans-absorb-marlboro |url-status=live }}</ref>