How to Tribe-Source Inspiration to Fix Schools & Maybe Yourself Over twenty major private liberal arts colleges have closed or merged since 2016. Declining birthrates are also slamming K-12 school enrollment. Lack of affordability doubles the trouble for tuition-charging private schools. Forces are coalescing which may force more than 20 percent of private schools to close or merge over the next ten years. Any educator paying attention to the big picture is worried and asking