Nation These colleges survived World Wars, the Spanish flu and more. They couldn’t withstand COVID-19 pandemic. January 28, 2021Elinor Aspegren, USA TODAYComments Off on These colleges survived World Wars, the Spanish flu and more. They couldn’t withstand COVID-19 pandemic. The 140-year-old Concordia College in New York announced Thursday that it would close its doors this fall. Other colleges have made the same decision.