Why did the Volozhin Yeshiva close?

 From RRW 

What prompted the Netziv to close the Volozhin Yeshiva?

I had heard 3 versions, each one with a different Hashkafic ramification:

1.  The Netziv opposed secular learning (at least in the confines of the Yeshiva).

IOW secular subjects were considered assimilationist

2.  The Russian Czarists imposed an onerous volume of secular learning, leaving little time for proper Talmudic learning.  

IOW too much bittul z'man

3. The Netziv felt that the Roshei Yeshiva should determine the proper curriculum.  The Czarist government infringed upon the Yeshiva's independence.

IOW an issue of Control vs. Freedom

See

Volozhin Yeshiva - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volozhin_Yeshiva

"The Volozhin yeshiva closed in 1892. The reason for the closure was the Russian government's demand for a dramatic increase in the amount of time spent teaching certain secular studies.^[5] The pressure from the Russian government came from the Maskalim accusing the yeshiva of being subversive.^[6] It is to note that it is documented in the biography of R. Chaim Soleveitchik that there were secular studies taught for a short period some nights that were barely attended. However these were concessions legally mandated that the rosh hayeshivas felt were necessary rather than shut down the yeshiva. When the government imposed extreme guidelines Rabbi Berlin refused to comply and allowed the government to close the yeshiva. : "All teachers of all subjects must have college diplomas ... no Judaic subjects may be taught between 9 AM and 3 PM ... no night classes are allowed ... total hours of study per day may not exceed ten."

Others, such as historian Shaul Stampfer, say the root of the problem was Rabbi Berlin's attempt to install his son as Rosh Yeshiva in the face of opposition. Russian government documents that have recently come to light seem to indicate that this was a consideration in the yeshiva's closure.^[9]"

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At any rate, the Russians were  kind of successors to the Hellenists of ancient days, in oppressing Torah learning.

The Jewish collaborators with the Czar paralleled the Misyavnim of old

"The pressure from the Russian government came from the Maskalim (sic) accusing the yeshiva of being subversive."

IOW there a great deal of pressure to assimilate was spearheaded by fellow Jews.

We can find other parallels in Jewish History...

RRW