Concordia: How years of internal strife over gay rights helped turn it into a ‘$400 million crater’

Concordia University

Concordia's once bustling library has sat largely unused since the college collapsed. Mike Zacchino/File

Concordia University Portland staged a gala dinner in April 2018 for President Charles Schlimpert, who was retiring after 35 years. The Concordia board of regents announced it intended to rename the business school in his honor.

Behind the genial bonhomie of that night, Concordia was in disarray.

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