Demographic Cliff in College
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Anonymous
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How worried are you for the state of colleges being able to survive given this?
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/08/nx-s1-5246200/demographic-cliff-fewer-college-students-mean-fewer-graduates |
Anonymous
| The Phoenix rises! |
Anonymous
| Trump said he will let in 600,000 Chinese students. This should make up the difference. |
Anonymous
Really? |
Anonymous
But I will rise And I will return The Phoenix from the flame I have learned I will rise And you'll see me return Being what I am |
Anonymous
| My friend was hired a few years ago by a smaller college to prepare for the cliff. So it made no sense to me when Trump started banning the international kids. I think he had a conversation with someone who told him 15% of the universities will close without the money from internationals. That they actually need more, not less. I think there are only about 200,000 Chinese students now. Numbers have been going down every year. |
Anonymous
Why should we worry if smaller colleges cannot be sustained? So what? |
Anonymous
| What looks like a possible blessing for this class of US seniors will turn into a Hunger Games environment for those applying on 2027. |
Anonymous
| Why not start the third thread in five days about this. The search feature is your friend. |
Anonymous
I’d say lots of small LACs will shut down, but ivies will stay put of course. |
Anonymous
What do you mean by this statement? |
Anonymous
I want to know too. If anything, I see things getting better for future classes. |