A statement cited declining enrollment, market pressures, inflation from the COVID-19 pandemic, and changing views of higher education as reasons for the closure.
Last year, board members resigned after employees' no-confidence vote in the President. PTC was also put on probation by its accreditor, with imminent closure warnings.
PTC officials have entered teach-out agreements with other colleges to support current students in transitioning before the campus closes in August.
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