Uh, no. |
Degree earning, yes; but the article clearly is including for profit colleges and non-degree awarding colleges, so that number is more like 7,000. |
Why will they have to cut enrollment if that is what keeps them open? They may need to flex their programs and offer other job training, certificates, etc but cutting enrollment will not allow them to vover fixed costs. They will need to figure out how to maintain enrollment or diversify revenue amid a declining population. |
cover not vover |
I have to think that a place like High Point will be in trouble. It's grown like crazy by offering high end amenities to attract full-pay kids who can't get into places like Tulane or Wake Forest. When we go over the demographic cliff, Tulane and Wake Forest will say yes to those less than stellar, but full-pay, students. And if they need a little merit to be more attractive, they've got endowments to get them through the challenge. High Point is already accepting almost 80%. But even if they take everyone, they'll be left with a more needy group of students, and it will be hard to keep up the amenities. And once the amenities and the general sense of affluence are gone, then the magic is gone. And High Point will be in trouble. |
High point was never known for academics. Wake and Tulane are known for decent academics. A lot of small liberal arts colleges in New York and PA will also be in trouble. Schools like Urisnus or Union are on shaky ground as is. With more kids choosing state schools, these schools will not have as many customers. A kid 20 years ago from the Northeast who would have gone to Union or WPI for engineering can get merit at Aubuurn or Purdue. |
Liberal arts degrees are as popular among top students and bode fine for their careers though not popular or useful for average and below average students. |
You're assuming that state legislatures will keep saying yes as enrollment declines, revenue declines, but expenses don't. University of Arizona has a quarter-billion dollar shortfall. Penn State has 120 million. Rutgers and Minnesota have multimillion dollar shortfalls. |
This is why USNWR is still a popular reference. |
Why don't you do a little research instead of making up crap and typing it up? Forbes give financial rankings of A+ to Union, A- to WPI, and B+ to Ursinus. Seems like they can all weather the storm. But the one you defend, High Point, gets a C. |
This is true |
BC does not overlap with Ivy schools as in they are the same population. 70 percent of BC students are catholic. Not true of any Ivy. BC is like ND. |
High Point seems like a house of cards that will eventually collapse. |
+1 for example, Middlebury and Davidson have endowments over 1 billion |
Not mine! And it's mentioned here frequently. It was s$30 million in the red during Covid. I got hit up six times for donations during those two years. And with legacy going away, schools will no longer be able to look to a large pool of alums to bail them out when the going gets rough |