Higher education leaders and students are bracing for additional campus closings as private institutions face intensified pressure from falling enrollments and rising debt. A virtual walkthrough of Trinity Christian College in Illinois, captured before the school closed in May, illustrates how communities are trying to preserve institutional memory while grappling with financial fallout. The piece highlights policy moves aimed at limiting consumer harm when campuses shut down, including federal efforts to streamline takeovers by healthier competitors. Several states are also expanding “tuition recovery” funds that can reimburse students when colleges close, with protections increasingly extended beyond for-profit providers. Legal disputes are also multiplying, with lawsuits filed by students and employees against schools that shut their doors. Institutions are simultaneously seeking new revenue sources, a sign that operational triage is becoming a routine part of closure planning.