Bridgeport Is Done

Quote:Three Connecticut colleges announced Tuesday a plan to acquire parts of the University of Bridgeport and to turn the existing Bridgeport campus into one “University Park.”

Quote:Private, nonprofit Goodwin University and Sacred Heart University, along with the for-profit Paier College of Art, will acquire Bridgeport’s assets over a still-to-be-determined period of time. Stephen Healey, Bridgeport’s interim president, said the entire process will likely take between 12 and 18 months. John Petillo, Sacred Heart’s president, said the arrangement hinges on special accreditation for programs that will transfer.

I guess Bridgeport's athletes will be transfered to D1 Sacred Heart.

That would give the three Marlboro College that Bridgeport got last year.

New High School Being Built on Parts of U. of Bridgeport

If you read the entirety of the article you yourself posted, Bridgeport and Marlboro did not merge.

City of Bridgeport bought the adjacent lands and University of Bridgeport's soccer field.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019...lans-merge

Here's the University of Bridgeport release.

https://www.bridgeport.edu/news/2020-06-...-education

Quote:The University of Bridgeport will continue to operate as an independent institution under the governance of its Board of Trustees. The schedule for full realization of the plan depends in part on approval from the accrediting organizations of the various academic programs. Considerations must also be allowed for the vetting and approval of each institution’s board of trustees, as well as a transition period to examine and align resources and programs.

Fun fact: Manute Bol played at Bridgeport