It was ideal to have been offered to ASU at that time, but perhaps the bright minds inside City had other plans back in 2012.
This article from yesterday puts a positive spin on that untold story. Here's an excerpt:
Westminster's Mesa campus closed within first year
Low enrollment created a $300,000 deficit first year
September 2nd, 2018
". . . Though the creation of the Mesa campus apparently did not cost Westminster College much financially, the school was still paying at least tens of thousands of dollars for its closure for years after, according to annual audits.
When Westminster entered a five-year lease with the city of Mesa in 2013 — the campus building was owned by the city — the agreement through July 31, 2018, carried with it extension and cancellation provisions, subject to penalties. . . "
". . . Westminster College's campus in Mesa, Arizona, was intended to be a financial booster for the main campus in Fulton, but the venture failed to live up to expectations and closed before it could become its own financial drain on the home school — after just one year of operation.The city of Mesa had sent out an invitation for the campus, and the campus' start-up funds were covered through $10 million of alumni fundraising — so the effort did not put a direct financial strain on the college, . . "
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