Shuttered Massachusetts college sues former student over decade-old tuition debt

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Newbury College in Massachusetts shut down in 2019 and stopped operating as a nonprofit in 2022. Despite this, former student Cesarina Barros was sued in 2025 for $28,000 in unpaid tuition and interest. She had left the college in 2009 with a $10,000 balance, assuming that the school's eventual closure would cancel the debt. The lawsuit has prompted questions about how the college's debts are being pursued by collectors.

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