Linfield University administrators are nearing the final stages of a two-year process they hope will get the private, nonprofit institution back on solid financial ground. But the McMinnville-based institution’s path to economic sustainability has not been without controversy.
This month alone, proposals to slim down and streamline degree programs within the school’s College of Arts and Sciences have been met with a vote of no confidence in Linfield’s top finance leader and threats from students to withdraw from the university entirely.
By its most recent reported numbers, Linfield has more than 1,600 undergraduate students, spread across three major units: the College of Arts and Sciences, School of Nursing and School of Business…