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Educating the poor comes at a price for Pine Manor

Newton college looks to retool its finances

By Mary Carmichael

 |  Globe Staff  

  December 23, 2011

Pine Manor College was once a school for the white women of Boston. Then a new president committed to social justice transformed it into one of the country’s most diverse colleges by heavily recruiting first-time students from low-income families. The college’s mission earned nationwide praise. What it didn’t earn was money. Pine Manor itself became poor and now is wrestling with how it can stay committed to its mission and survive.

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