Low enrollment is forcing some small colleges to close

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Small universities and colleges are being forced to close due to low enrollment. An expert tells NBC News that there could be one closure per week by the end of this year, leaving students with fewer options. Valerie Castro takes a closer look at the driving forces behind the closures.
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@mora103 27 күн бұрын

Most don't want to spend 10k or better for college just to find themselves working for $15 an hour after college 😅

@r5t6y7u8 26 күн бұрын

Try $100K+. Fontbonne's tuition is/was $28,976, not counting fees and housing.

@cpreality672 26 күн бұрын

I never went to college and make 70k

@mora103 26 күн бұрын

@@r5t6y7u8 maybe so but its not on average, or another words "common"

@mora103 26 күн бұрын

@@r5t6y7u8 that's crazy 🫣

@mora103 26 күн бұрын

@@cpreality672 I climb trees for a living and make about the same, give or take a little depending on my motivation 😅

@powellpicc1985 26 күн бұрын

They said "don't go to college if you can't afford it." People listened...

@latrinemarine826 20 күн бұрын

That’s not the whole story. People are having less kids. You need to actually have breathing human beings in class in order to keep a college open.

@scooterankle6709 20 күн бұрын

@@latrinemarine826this is a terrible point considering the general rise in population and also large rise in college attendees

@latrinemarine826 18 күн бұрын

@@scooterankle6709 Real head scratcher of a comment you have there. The birth rate is declining world wide and that means less children, less immigrants over time, and less people to fill colleges in general. Go do some actual research please.

@scooterankle6709 17 күн бұрын

@@latrinemarine826 just because the birthrate is declining in some countries does not mean the population is not increasing overall. Since college attendance in the United States has grown astronomically it’s completely ridiculous to blame the birth rate instead of maybe the fact that it’s not economical or logical to attend small colleges

@ervamoten5830 17 күн бұрын

@@latrinemarine826Specifically, in the global northern 1st world countries. Usually global southern countries like Subsaharan Africa, middle east, the khorasan region, and maritime southeast asia has higher birth rates

@chigal0926 26 күн бұрын

I think there are too many colleges. And yes, many of these institutions are not honest about their financial stability.

@weirdo1060 26 күн бұрын

Especially for-profit colleges...

@relaxlibrary4249 8 күн бұрын

What in the anti-intellectual nonsense?

@Mlogan11 27 күн бұрын

Things are way more expensive that they should be. Too much greed in the system.

@Novastar.SaberCombat 25 күн бұрын

Yup. Rich gotta rich. Poor gotta serve, suffer, and submit. 💪😎✌️ That's the thousand-year system, baby.

@miscellaneous714 25 күн бұрын

Don’t blame corporates. Always blame government for overspending and making inflation worse

@patrickm6012 19 күн бұрын

@@miscellaneous714always blame corporate for their greed.

@miscellaneous714 18 күн бұрын

@@patrickm6012 Everyone is greedy! It is just human nature

@-ReHaven 18 күн бұрын

⁠@@miscellaneous714that doesn’t mean it’s good, we humans have enough conscience to change what we consider bad behavior even if it’s “human nature”

@arunbenny808 27 күн бұрын

Corporate greed is destroying us.

@itsme-ih2cx 26 күн бұрын

Imagine when AI accelerates we will really see the effects of the population collpasing. Have u ever seen bicentennial man, it will be kind of like this

@MrKevinwg 26 күн бұрын

By corporate greed, do you mean greedy colleges?

@RoyceMusic333 25 күн бұрын

You mean the GL.

@miscellaneous714 25 күн бұрын

You obviously have no idea how economy works

@arunbenny808 25 күн бұрын

@@miscellaneous714 yah me, Bernie Sanders and 60% of working class Americans living paycheck to paycheck have no idea that an economy that mostly only works for the 1% isn’t sustainable.

@tim-duncan2137 27 күн бұрын

dont commit to these super small no-name schools, there are equivalent state or well-known colleges with >70-80% acceptance rate to apply to and choose

@andrewd.conard5088 26 күн бұрын

A lot of these are religious institutions. The costs are just outrageous.

@somewhereinspace2166 25 күн бұрын

@@andrewd.conard5088 I've never understood why some people shell out $100K just to go to a religious school. What, it has a church on campus? You can go to church down the street for free. Some people just don't make good choices.

@ninjagirl226 23 күн бұрын

But on the list of things to look for I live near a major college and went to grad school at an even bigger school in the big 12. Both checked every red flag. Ironically my no name undergrad doesn’t have all the red flags. So we’ll-known might not be the answer especially with a lot of the power grabs and safety issues I’ve been hearing out of a lot of these big schools. Like my friend literally failed a class last semester because of his major as a great example of a power move.

@user-rf1nn8sg3f 18 күн бұрын

If your parents are rich it doesn't matter or if you know rich parents (and are friends). If the school has rich alumni that hires recent graduates - it also doesn't matter.

@gordonallen9095 26 күн бұрын

Many colleges and universities have priced themselves out of existence. The cost of college has risen at TWICE the rate of inflation for years. This, plus a smaller student population overall will make many smaller schools unable to compete, and obsolete.Especially private ones. Look for more schools to close their doors in the future. I predicted this over a decade ago.

@paloma598 24 күн бұрын

when I was in college, i had to pay for the new student services building that was bulit way before I enrolled, student health insurance that was $400-$500, "free tickets" for on campus sporting events. It doesn't help that they force you to live on campus for the first two yrs either.

@princesskaitlinhazelwood4703 27 күн бұрын

Sad but necessary. The next generation is much smaller. They can’t keep these open.

@FINSuojeluskunta 26 күн бұрын

This is really why, it's a demographics issue

@WELVAS. 25 күн бұрын

Less people graduating high school was noted

@TheFort87 23 күн бұрын

More like students see no value in tiny private schools with absolutely no prestige and are going to CC, state schools, or more notable private ones.

@MeBihhhh 9 күн бұрын

@@TheFort87amen

@HenriettaHudson-we4wv 26 күн бұрын

Convert the closed universities into affordable housing, rather than to tear the buildings down!!!

@weirdo1060 26 күн бұрын

Not that simple. Campus would need to be rezoned as residential. It would also be costly to convert academic classroom or offices into living spaces.

@40dollhairs 24 күн бұрын

@@weirdo1060 Bureaucracy eliminates immediate practical solutions and innovation.

@phunkymonkiee 22 күн бұрын

Aren't most of these small colleges located in towns and suburban areas away from major, expensive cities? I doubt that doing this would do much for making housing more affordable, especially in the areas where it is really unaffordable.

@Dflowen 22 күн бұрын

@@weirdo1060 womp womp - the rules supersede the necessity and gate keep these potential housing ideas. sucks.

@andergarcia4953 20 күн бұрын

Zoning laws don't allow that

@timhandjr 27 күн бұрын

“Students are not astute consumers of a institutions finances” - No truer words have been spoken, colleges have been exploiting this for far too long. Students are consumers, and for far too long we have not been getting our moneys worth.

@ABCDEFGHIJK4097 27 күн бұрын

Too expensive.

@d3r3kyasmar 26 күн бұрын

Study in a community college.

@neanam 25 күн бұрын

Seeking some knowledge southwest community college.

@eyeseer1 24 күн бұрын

Trade Schools are also ideal.

@gwenmloveskpopandmore 21 күн бұрын

Yeah they are 2 year

@patrickm6012 19 күн бұрын

Why? They generally are not the best.

@naptime0143 18 күн бұрын

@@eyeseer1but you still live paycheck tho

@tadzio7326 26 күн бұрын

My son went to study in Seville - Spain, the costs are much lower and the quality is equal to or better than any ivy league university in America, plus, learning spanish and living for several years in EUROPE.

@latrinemarine826 20 күн бұрын

Do you get to learn woke ideology in Spanish? Bueno!

@tadzio7326 20 күн бұрын

@@latrinemarine826 no.

@AB-ou8ve 19 күн бұрын

@@latrinemarine826 As opposed to whatever conservative crap lies in your thick skull?

@allgoodnamestaken6002 17 күн бұрын

@@latrinemarine826What?

@MeBihhhh 9 күн бұрын

@@allgoodnamestaken6002Trump supporter trying to teach this guy what he learned from Fox News 😂

@rescuegirl 26 күн бұрын

Employers are using college degrees as a means of filtering applicants, nothing more. I never graduated from college, and I still had an amazing career regardless.

@andrewd.conard5088 26 күн бұрын

Very true. What do you do for a career?

@rescuegirl 25 күн бұрын

@@andrewd.conard5088 Firefighter Paramedic Lieutenant Specialist. (You have to do something. lol.)

@ProSePlaintiff 22 күн бұрын

@@rescuegirlFirefighters are overpaid because of the union mafia

@MeBihhhh 9 күн бұрын

@@rescuegirlfirefighter😂 you know you messed up in life when half the country can volunteer for your career

@longbeach225 9 күн бұрын

@@MeBihhhh Not really. You need to be fit and most of the country is not fit.

@darwinwins 22 күн бұрын

the perfect storm: prices kept rising AND the population of college-aged kids cratered.

@irwinsaltzman979 25 күн бұрын

If the school is in a small town, the town also suffers as colleges bring in money for businesses

@MeBihhhh 9 күн бұрын

“Try that in my small town”

@nickjw88 25 күн бұрын

Half of college graduates work in jobs that don't require a degree. Also businesses are opening up many jobs to nondegree holding applicants that they required degrees for in the past. When the degree holders need to be bailed out from their student debt the degree has failed to do the job it was intended to do.

@justinderrick8785 23 күн бұрын

the whole point of college was to scam 18 year olds into 4 years of debt with a useless piece of paper that can get you $15/hr job at best or unemployment at worst. forget morals!!!!

@patrickm6012 19 күн бұрын

Of course they are, so they can pay people less.

@justinderrick8785 18 күн бұрын

it's like buying an apartment building for $100 million yet no one can afford rent. owner's gunna go belly up :P

@H33t3Speaks 4 күн бұрын

@@patrickm6012Got this one backwards; the phony paper meritocracy is over. It created swaths of indolent volatile morons that can’t even remain ensconced within the managerial class because they’re so deeply incompetent and morally bankrupt. Every circus has to leave town some day. 🎉

@Chad_Max 26 күн бұрын

If you're not pursuing a STEM/Economics/Finance degree and putting in the work to get a high GPA then you're just throwing money down the drain going to college. You're better off learning a trade...

@HenriettaHudson-we4wv 26 күн бұрын

IKR???

@randomcandy8209 26 күн бұрын

It’s concerning that no one here is mentioning education as a important degree… if you can’t make it through college you shouldn’t be teaching

@gomes2151 25 күн бұрын

Ok, mr. Plumber. Of course you can't explain that this situation is not caused by ''fine arts'' students or Phd's in Gender Studies without bonding it to economics/financial misuse of budgets and taxes caused by ''dextrous'' admistration staffs.

@mememaster9703 20 күн бұрын

ugh ... business major moment

@stonerwitch4629 17 күн бұрын

stem, economics and finance. ok so no social workers, teachers, librarians, journalists, archivists/curators, linguists, therapists, lawyers, counselors, diplomacy, translators, i mean the list goes on. part of what makes 1st world countries comfortable is the fact that there are so many jobs holding one company or establishment up. the doctor would be nothing without the nurse, cna and social worker. our pieces of physical history and museums would be nothing without the archivist, historian and curator.

@williamjoseph1300 19 күн бұрын

A lot of these schools that are closing are literally taking anyone with a pulse, passing them and not teaching them anything

@H33t3Speaks 4 күн бұрын

Why pass them when you can fail them and bill for another semester? 👀😮🥹

@williamjoseph1300 3 күн бұрын

@@H33t3Speaks because then you appear racist or kids take other professors. I have heard of professors who are actually afraid of this .

@shyguyyoshi 23 күн бұрын

Fontbonne College is extremely expensive (30k for yearly base tuition + 9-12k for dorm housing) for what it is. I’m not shocked enrollment is down.

@shawyonsharifi3394 9 күн бұрын

That’s considered expensive now?? Yale and Harvard are at 100k a year.

@theonlycaulfield 2 күн бұрын

@@shawyonsharifi3394 Ivy league are about as far from the median cost as it gets. They are not in the least bit representative.

@shawyonsharifi3394 2 күн бұрын

@@theonlycaulfield I see, I suppose ur right those are a bit of outliers.

@Honeymoon1988 25 күн бұрын

Why would you pay for something that isn’t going to support you these days???

@Novastar.SaberCombat 25 күн бұрын

Exactly. Besides, if you ain't rich, then you ain't sheet. What people need to do is simply be rich. If they can't do that, then they should become wealthy. Wealth is health; might is right. Money solves anyone's problems and always leads to popularity and success. Just look at Chump! Now THAT is the poster boy for Godhood, immortality, and worldwide success. He can't be touched, and it's because of one thing and one alone: *COIN*. 💵🇱🇷💵🇱🇷💵🇱🇷 #GodBlessChumpmerica

@MeBihhhh 9 күн бұрын

Let me guess, you struggled to get your GED😂 the poorest people I know are the ones that didn’t go to college

@Honeymoon1988 9 күн бұрын

@@MeBihhhh I did go to college you dummy.

@joannachapman6888 26 күн бұрын

A lot of public universities offer more for less for in state students. It's already expensive as is

@Unkuuu 25 күн бұрын

Yes….tuitions are insane. And if you aren’t a “name brand” school people don’t want to pay anymore

@aliseb.9640 26 күн бұрын

Universities in other western countries…do not have nearly as high the price tag as our US universities, even community college is ridiculous now…so expensive.

@FCXmaster 25 күн бұрын

That’s what ya get for overcharging for degrees, offering useless degrees and lying through your teeth to teenagers.

@mingobox 27 күн бұрын

This is sad😢

@user-so9lu9eq8c 9 күн бұрын

I once worked at a school like this. It was awful.

@HopkinsTheMovie 21 күн бұрын

That's because of high tuition resulting from federal student loans that are too easy to take out.

@aidenalamo6262 27 күн бұрын

A community college that I attended ended up merging with the local university by moving to one of the university's buildings. It is also without bus service to get to the location which caused enrollment to dwindle drastically, because the cost of owning a car is equal to a house payment per month in this particular area that I am referencing.

@jacqueslee2592 26 күн бұрын

Really? Which area, town or city in the US? What is a house payment? That seems to much for cost of owning a car unless if own a luxury vehicle like Mercedes Benz, BMW.

@aidenalamo6262 26 күн бұрын

@@jacqueslee2592 The expenses of owning a car while a student is astronomical in Iowa City and surrounding cities. By the time you take into consideration the car payment, car insurance, fuel, body work and maintenance, outrageous parking fees and other expenses, it is equal to a house payment or $900 or more (depending on where you live in Iowa City or surrounding communities).

@jacqueslee2592 22 күн бұрын

@@aidenalamo6262 Really. Wow. Thank you for sharing. Here in California rent is $2000. I rather pay for a house than rent. Iowa city seems cool.

@zelloguy 8 күн бұрын

@@aidenalamo6262 car payment? Get you an old used car from the 90s. Only payment is maintenance

@xwrtk 26 күн бұрын

There are small colleges that on the verge of closing soon or a few years later that participate in affirmative action just to get more students. It doesn’t work a lot. A college got more international students from Asia due to it as they gave them free acceptance letters.

@rorytribbet6424 4 күн бұрын

You could just stop charging a fortune for kids to get an education that has become the bare minimum expected in the job market… perhaps pivoting away from that disgusting business plan would help?

@stevenargueta5082 26 күн бұрын

As someone who has finally transfered this year I am very relieved that my college was on that list of financially stressed colleges. It took my a while to finally transfer to a college that actually fit me. Look if I could go back and talk to myself from high school, I would probably tell myself to do better research in finding a college that actually meets my financial and academic needs. To be fair, alot of these schools also has the problem of where they are since most people are also worried mostly on paying for school and lastly where the college is located if and when there are things to do. A lot of factors play into if a college can survive. All I know is please keep in mind where you go and understand your worth. College isn't for everyone and that this is your sign to leave, do it.

@ProSePlaintiff 22 күн бұрын

First world privileges wall of text?😂

@johnshafer7214 27 күн бұрын

Not worth going to college anymore. Going to college for me was a big mistake of my life.

@costidisa 27 күн бұрын

It was good for me and for many other people. Maybe you didn't go to a good one, or perhaps you made poor decisions, or just had bad luck. Ninetheless, had you paid more attention in college, you might have learned to avoid making blanket assertions like the one you made.

@benu_bird 26 күн бұрын

Not worth studying engineering, medicine, finance, accounting, or even studying liberals arts to become a teacher? Yes, it is still worth going to college. The issue is the cost for most schools isn't in line with the ROI. Europe and Asia will crush the US if it doesn't get it's higher education problem solved.

@andreward8268 26 күн бұрын

@@costidisa

@costidisa 26 күн бұрын

@@andreward8268 lol. Howz that? I described MY experience and said it was positive, so college is not worthless for everyone. You try again bud.

@andreward8268 26 күн бұрын

@@costidisa ummm... saying perhaps people are making poor decisions coming out of college. X, your failing with your degree in hand. Colleges failed students on what the real world is like. Not every job/occupation requires a degree. Is there a degree for Customer Services Rep?? Nope - isn't that a great entry level job that many of us have? Tiny percentage of colleges offer degrees in Medical Billing / Coding How about Business Analyst? How about Agile? Sooooo many great jobs out here that pays six figures and there are NO Degrees (or a tiny percentage)

@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059 26 күн бұрын

Sooo, they are upset that no one can afford to go to college. Who decided to hike prices?? Not the people wo wanted to go to college but couldn't afford it, that's for sure...

@cynthiaoconnor7185 26 күн бұрын

Maybe Republicans should look into low or free tuition, unless they are banking on low-paying employees for their corporate MAGA members.

@MeBihhhh 9 күн бұрын

Low educated people vote Republican so that is exactly what they are doing

@rslitman 19 күн бұрын

Two colleges/universities in the Philadelphia area just closed. I thought it was odd and didn't know it was part of a trend. One of the schools, Cabrini, gave about a year's notice. The other one, University of the Arts, gave very short notice, possibly even less than a week.

@hsage1 25 күн бұрын

Is this partially what happened to Upsala College, East Orange N.J when it closed in 1995 after being open more than 100 years, since 1893?

@kimberlylepine5115 26 күн бұрын

Madame, students are astute enough to understand "We are not confident that we can afford to keep our doors open for the next four years." That's the least that college leaders owe the students who are touring and considering colleges as high school seniors.

@MissCandy350 26 күн бұрын

My son applied for an in-state school. Tuition--$51k/yr IN STATE and it's not even an Ivy institution! Ridiculous! He opted for community college and now has a job that does tuition reimbursement (completion scholarship). They will cover 2 classes per semester up to $5k annual max. He will be utilizing that benefit and will be attending a cheaper school for his last 2 years.

@JasonJoe-rl3co 26 күн бұрын

Not possible. No state school has a tuition that high for in state stufents. Maybe cost of attendance, but impossible. I’m not sure where you get your facts from

@MissCandy350 26 күн бұрын

@@JasonJoe-rl3co I said "in-state," not "state." Meaning, he would not go OUT OF STATE for school. And the ANNUAL tuition TOTALED $51k LIKE I SAID. You have no idea what school I'm referring to, nor the state.

@MrGmartin18 26 күн бұрын

What state do you live in to charge that high of a price?

@user-go9rd1io7b 23 күн бұрын

@@MissCandy350You should have clarified that it was a private school. Your comment does not make sense; why say "in-state" school if its a private school? It's not like the tuition is cheaper if you're in-state for private schools (maybe aside from a select few out of the thousands).

@andergarcia4953 20 күн бұрын

If the average university is pricing out average citizens they deserved to be shutdown. The school prob is experience shortage in enrollment so as to compensate they raise the tuition .

@Thunder_Dome45 6 күн бұрын

I've been waiting for this. They are pricing themselves out of business. The grocery store would do the same if they charged $2,000 for a loaf of bread.

@junkboxxxxxx 25 күн бұрын

I went to a university that was smaller than my highschool. It was a wonderful experience

@elizabethacosta-rayos6061 27 күн бұрын

Can’t you just get a liberal arts education online?

@guybeauregard 10 күн бұрын

Gather, read, listen, talk, learn. Education at that level is not the same as watching youtube videos (as much as I like the latter!). Cheers, Guy

@NoNameNumberTwo 8 күн бұрын

College is much more than the classes. It’s the whole experience.

@blackknight597 5 күн бұрын

Between the costs being way too high and making young males feel out of place in society (sometimes inferior for being male) and are experiencing low enrollment. It’s very unfortunate.

@ElizabethMarshall-jb8mm 3 күн бұрын

And how is “making young males feel inferior” the college’s fault?

@blackknight597 3 күн бұрын

@@ElizabethMarshall-jb8mm Yes, "making young males feel out of place in society" I said. You took only part of what I said. I'm not blaming colleges for that. I'm blaming it as a societal ill.

@williammedleyiii3144 26 күн бұрын

Looks like military recruiters are gonna hit their quotas a lot quicker

@Here4TheHeckOfIt 25 күн бұрын

Education is so STEM focused these days. There is so much more to learn than that in the world. Guess it doesn't matter if we're all being replaced by robots.

@ElizabethMarshall-jb8mm 3 күн бұрын

Trade schools/community colleges have been pushed the last few years. This situation is also a result.

@IIBLINKII 12 күн бұрын

Nobody wants to enroll into a debt. That’s why they have no enrollment and that’s why they’re closing down. If you gonna say the news say the whole story

@chetisanhart3457 7 күн бұрын

Bad schools should close and sell their physical assets. The best students will transfer and graduate from some other school. It's not a difficult issue. Overall enrollment won't change that much.

@Xonas21 24 күн бұрын

I remembered an ITT tech commercial playing during an episode of Jerry springer. That’s all I want to say…

@Tamar-sz8ox 26 күн бұрын

Smaller colleges change up the course offerings eg trades , tech and medical fields , get a high employment rate post graduation w all the stats , and you will have people lining up to enroll !

@rick_thunder 15 күн бұрын

When we went on a college search for my two older kids we asked about enrollment numbers. Of the seven schools we visited, six had record high enrollment for 5+ years in a row. The last one had declining enrollment. We crossed off the one with declining enrollment. My two kids are at the same private university and are loving it. They both got scholarships, so it’s not that expensive for our family. The point is, ask questions about enrollment numbers and the size of their endowment. If they don’t answer honestly or completely, just keep walking.

@BrianLyons315 2 күн бұрын

The school system is dying out as it should.

@moderncontemplative 7 күн бұрын

People are waking up to the reality of the scam of higher education which for many, is a skillful investment, but for the masses, it’s a means of accumulating more crippling debt that doesn’t result in a sustainable salary. It’s an investment analogous in many ways to investing in the stock market.

@chrisaycock5965 26 күн бұрын

The cost of living now is going to accelerate a lot of problems later down the road people ultimately decide to have fewer kids right now 20 years time those choices will come to roost

@kidwave8898 17 күн бұрын

Hmmm I wonderrr whyyyy???

@28ebdh3udnav 6 күн бұрын

I went to college. Just one year, a training program. Dental assistant. I love it, miss it, but it sucks down here in this part of Texas because the pay is only 10.25 starting out and 11.50 once you have 6+ months of experience. I know some gas station attendants who are making 10 an hour. Also, several other jobs here in the service field, Walmart, retail, etc, you are paid 13 starting out. 14 to 15 once you are full time. Meanwhile, dental assistants get like only 12.50 or 13 an hour if you're lucky. Medical assistants, same. Why go to college or job training when retail will yield you better results. I got a friend of mine who works as an LVN. He makes 20 an hour. I make 18, meanwhile his friend, no degree, just training, he make 25+ with the TSA

@9doggie12 26 күн бұрын

Schools should close if enrollment drops.

@777Skeptic 24 күн бұрын

Not sure if colleges are really closing, or if it's just the low-tier no-name colleges that barely make it out of the "diploma mill" threshold.

@ga8462 5 күн бұрын

Why would anyone go to some small no-name private school?!?!?!

@latrinemarine826 20 күн бұрын

This will continue as the birth rate continues to decline. You need to actually have students in class in order to operate a college.

@Golflegend410 20 күн бұрын

The birth rate will continue to decline. Raising kids is too expensive

@johnnyboyvan 6 күн бұрын

Lots of profs looking for work now!

@enigmanemo9352 5 күн бұрын

Universities need to look in the mirror. They kept driving up tuition rates.

@Jedi12789 7 күн бұрын

Actually students now are better and more financially astute than students 20 years ago. They are picking more viable majors and are more concerned about what are the long term prospects- salary and career trajectory. And I would say schools closing/consolidating is an example of that. The trades/boot camps/community colleges are highly in demand. People have wised up.

@IndependentObserver-eb9pv 9 күн бұрын

This is a good thing. Companies need to start training their employees.

@jamesbell739 7 күн бұрын

Sounds like a personal problem. Colleges that make most of their money in Liberal Arts are bound to fail... Most of their students have very little chance of gaining true wealth to be able to donate back and make up for the financial challenges... If most of the degree programs pay less than 70k in the market, the school is not set up for long term success.

@TC-cd5sm 25 күн бұрын

I hope more colleges close. If you can't attract customers, then you gotta close. In the end, they're a business.

@ruzzelladrian907 4 күн бұрын

The best investment a government can make is making college either significantly cheap or outright make it free.

@jacobdescheneaux2420 6 күн бұрын

Colleges closing is a good thing. There are too many of them. But this only addresses half the problem. Tuition is out of control because of government backed loans. Get the government out of private lending and force schools to co-sign on loans. You will see a dramatic shift in tuition if you do that.

@wolfgangkrausser3220 2 күн бұрын

Those college scammers can go bankrupt 👍

@rayblox4859 7 күн бұрын

2 year degree was costing me 40k. So I walk out.

@patrickmoran687 3 күн бұрын

How are colleges spending their money? Also, the biased educational system that is leaving boys behind is resulting in fewer and fewer young men going to college every year. Oh well.

@oldskoolmusicnostalgia 10 күн бұрын

Should be posted in "Good News" sections surely. The expansion of the college system has gone much too far, making degrees worth less and less.

@StirFryChicken 27 күн бұрын

Good. College sucks unless you’re studying for a STEM, medical, or business related career path

@enhancedutility266 27 күн бұрын

I've heard that comment for years The problem with that statement is that the average American doesn't have the aptitude to learn hard sciences and mathematics

@bebdaumon3948 27 күн бұрын

I got a degree in accounting and finance and the jobs out there require 5 years of work experience for entry positions. The internships are very competitive and there's many like me running around taking labor jobs.

@anuragchakraborty8766 27 күн бұрын

@@bebdaumon3948 labor jobs such as?

@benu_bird 26 күн бұрын

@@bebdaumon3948 Saying an entry level position requires 5 years of experience is a way of say "we want experienced people, but we only want to pay them entry level wages." And in a bad economy, it works as people will take what they can get.

@Chad_Max 26 күн бұрын

@@bebdaumon3948 What was your GPA? You can't just have a degree, you need to demonstrate aptitude through a crushing GPA. I think accounting is a pointless degree but a finance degree with a high GPA can get you into the investment banking path...

@GameReviews555 6 күн бұрын

The market is correcting itself

@michaelplunkett5124 27 күн бұрын

It’s demographics. And schools have not learned to leverage giant on line courses nor tailoring their offerings towards employment. By the way, when you take out the MDs and JDs and MBAs out of the college graduate salary equation undergraduate degrees don’t make anymore than high school grads. And you’re going to pay

@paulapril 4 күн бұрын

Don't worry. Wash U will purchase the property and make good use of it.

@Kuzyapso 7 күн бұрын

Charge 2k a semester and your enrollment will go up

@tammywilliams8445 25 күн бұрын

Omg Khalia Booker ❤ i see you girl ❤

@eleonorulibarry5340 7 күн бұрын

THAT'S HOSTILE GUY

@ronaryel6445 26 күн бұрын

Inevitable. Since birthrates will not increase in the foreseeable future, the answer is increasing the number of people allowed to legally emigrate to the United States. They bring their kids with them, they will create new markets, enlarge the student pool, and bring more workers to support our eldrly who depend on Social Security and Medicare.

@Aeom_333 19 күн бұрын

You incels all talk the same

@ajax7ox729 13 күн бұрын

I wonder why

@RM-xr8lq 13 күн бұрын

well as any of the occidental wage slaves will tell you, they do not consider education of value anymore. it is just a job requirement to them in their culture they decide their lives entirely based on personal wealth hoarding, and most secular academic topics in science do not generate capital. luckily other parts of the world are taking the reins in human innovation and knowledge, as these countries begin to fracture and die off

@ZOIZENWRITER 27 күн бұрын

safer at home. less driving better for the ozone too.

@user-ti4iw2en1h 26 күн бұрын

@RoyceMusic333 25 күн бұрын

Ysbt?

@tennisfan599 19 сағат бұрын

Why would you go to a college no one has heard of. Big colleges have better academics and way more resources.

@PrimordialPunchbowl 18 күн бұрын

You can make more money with an associate degree than a bachelor degree anyway. Forbes published the highest paying jobs that require an associate degree every year.

@paulapril 4 күн бұрын

Why would you go to Fontbonne University? What? Are you gonna study housekeeping and become Martha Stewart?

@TheElectricCamel 3 күн бұрын

Fewer High School Graduates.... No. That is not the issue.

@tcos918 20 күн бұрын

Most jobs these days could care less about your diploma. They don't even check. It's all about what you know and what you can do, and the internet is your best teacher. Go to college if you want to develop socially or if you're going into medical or law. Everyone else shouldn't waste their time and money, especially those going into tech or the arts.

@chocopong98 2 күн бұрын

Didnt save up six months

@fantasytraveler 26 күн бұрын

Cant you file for debt forgiveness if your school closes?

@NoNameNumberTwo 8 күн бұрын

No. They are giving debt forgiveness to people that went to unaccredited scam schools.

@Karim7Hearth 26 күн бұрын

We need to close about a third of the colleges. Way too many.

@johnvillanueva1240 16 күн бұрын

people cant afford college in general and people need to work while attending school to pay bills

@kidneybeans8937 2 күн бұрын

It's spelled Fontbonne. You're welcome

@MoonDog991 27 күн бұрын

Probably just gonna protest something happening thousands of miles away, wasting their parents tuition.

@tindee3052 20 күн бұрын

I thought if a college shut down then all students automatically get their degree if they didn’t finish?

@Aeom_333 19 күн бұрын

No. They have to transfer somewhere else. Just happened to a bunch of students in Philadelphia at Uarts

@UPJayhawk27 26 күн бұрын

Not one comment regarding America’s low birth rates? Isn’t it obvious colleges will continue close?

@Aeom_333 19 күн бұрын

That’s not enough for colleges to close

@MeBihhhh 9 күн бұрын

@@Aeom_333yes it is because careers that need to take care of our older people are in very high demand and you don’t need a degree. Obviously other variables play into it

@Aeom_333 9 күн бұрын

@@MeBihhhh That statement literally has nothing to do with birth rates lol what

@MeBihhhh 9 күн бұрын

@@Aeom_333 yes it does because there’s not enough young people to take care of old people due to the birth rates. This is why those jobs are in demand. Do yourself a favor and get educated. You are like talking to a child

@Aeom_333 9 күн бұрын

@@MeBihhhh There are more than enough young people of age to do those jobs are you serious? If people aren’t becoming nurses that’s a societal problem not a birth rate problem. Imagine thinking there aren’t more than enough young people who could care for the elderly 💀

@justinesagan178 24 күн бұрын

Forgive student debt so the next generation stands a chance !! We all know student debt is the culprit here all these graduates are poor and homeless !