Union Institute to permanently close June 30 [Video]

CINCINNATI — Union Institute & University announced its permanent closure Friday, effective June 30. The decision follows 15 months of turmoil for students and employees of the Walnut Hills college that was a pioneer in distance learning and Ohio’s only Hispanic-serving institution.

Union’s accrediting body, the Higher Learning Commission, said the school approved teach-out arrangements with Antioch University in Yellow Springs and Lasell University in Newton, Mass.

Union’s press release said those schools “have agreed to match our current tuition and accept all credits earned at Union. Residency requirements have been relaxed so that no Union student will need to spend more time completing their degree than the time already required at Union.”

It’s the latest in a series of setbacks for Union, which began to sporadically pay its employees in March 2023and got evicted from its Walnut Hills campus in November. In September, it announced plans to cancel the first half of its fall semester. Classes never …