Growing population in America’s highly educated enclaves has led to huge gains for the Democratic Party. And it’s changing the electoral map going into 2024.
Enrollment in colleges and universities, as far as I understand, has gone way down. Every university in my state has dropped enrollment by about 15% over the last 10 years. I’ve read that roughly 50% of colleges and universities in the US are expected to go bankrupt and close in the next 10 or 20 years due to this little thing called the internet.
A lot of younger people do not feel the need to go get a college degree when much of the material and certifications can now be secured through online courses.
Also, college is no longer needed for IT, we can start to treat it like a trade. “Computer Scientist” and “Information Technologist” are very clearly different things now that computers are such a commonplace thing.
I absolutely agree. There seems to be very little incentive for colleges and universities, and even community colleges, from keeping their tuition and cost at a reasonable level. Tuition in the United States I believe has outpaced inflation by something like 700% over the last 20 years.
Universities have spent a lot of money investing in shiny new non-academic facilities, like sports arenas and administrative buildings, when their core mission should have been addressed.
The other pressure that his increased tuition is the fact that the federal government would guarantee all of the student loans that an 18-year-old would need to float in order to graduate college. And unfortunately, now we have millions of Americans who are stuck and long-term debt that may last their entire life. These colleges and universities have largely taken advantage of their students by assuming that they have an infinite tolerance for debt…
Enrollment in colleges and universities, as far as I understand, has gone way down. Every university in my state has dropped enrollment by about 15% over the last 10 years. I’ve read that roughly 50% of colleges and universities in the US are expected to go bankrupt and close in the next 10 or 20 years due to this little thing called the internet.
A lot of younger people do not feel the need to go get a college degree when much of the material and certifications can now be secured through online courses.
Reasonable tuition would also be a good start.
Also, college is no longer needed for IT, we can start to treat it like a trade. “Computer Scientist” and “Information Technologist” are very clearly different things now that computers are such a commonplace thing.
I absolutely agree. There seems to be very little incentive for colleges and universities, and even community colleges, from keeping their tuition and cost at a reasonable level. Tuition in the United States I believe has outpaced inflation by something like 700% over the last 20 years.
Universities have spent a lot of money investing in shiny new non-academic facilities, like sports arenas and administrative buildings, when their core mission should have been addressed.
The other pressure that his increased tuition is the fact that the federal government would guarantee all of the student loans that an 18-year-old would need to float in order to graduate college. And unfortunately, now we have millions of Americans who are stuck and long-term debt that may last their entire life. These colleges and universities have largely taken advantage of their students by assuming that they have an infinite tolerance for debt…