Editing Marlboro College (section)

===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>