The private college in Alabama that has been around for 170 years will close at the end of May

Mississippi University of Women will offer scholarship offers to students at Birmingham Southern. Birmingham-Southern College is set to close within weeks. Mississippi schools offer scholarships to students affected by the college's closure. Birmingham Southern College will close within a year or more. The college is expected to close in December.

Nearly 170-year-old private college in Alabama says it will close at the end of May. Birmingham-Southern College ran into financial difficulties and was unable to secure a financial lifeline from the state, officials say. Officials announced Tuesday that the college will close in May.

Birmingham-Southern College in Alabama says it will close at end of May. The private liberal arts school has been struggling financially. The college will close its doors at the end of the month, leaving it open for the first time in May. It has been a struggling college in the state of Alabama for years.