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- ↑ "Green Mountain College to close by end of semester". Rutland Herald . January 23, 2019. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
- ↑ Krantz, Laura (January 23, 2019). "Green Mountain College in Vermont will shut down". Boston Globe . Retrieved March 19, 2019.
- ↑ Young, Audrey (January 23, 2019). "Green Mountain College Announces Closure Following the Completion of the Spring Semester; Partnership with Prescott College in Arizona Continues Green Mountain's Legacy". BusinessWire. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
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