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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jeffrey Collins

A 180-year-old private South Carolina university is closing after a $6M fundraising drive fails

Limestone Closing - (AP2006)

A 180-year-old private Christian university in South Carolina is closing at the end of the semester after failing to raise $6 million to keep its doors open.

Limestone University officials said that after two weeks of furious fundraising and other actions, they collected just a little over $2 million and had no choice but to close its campus in Gaffney and its online programs.

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