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[quote=Anonymous]I'm sure COVID had something to do with it. Why spend money on distant learning and lack of community interfaces with fellow students and faculty.

A very high percentage (most?) college kids were always commuter kids at local schools and this demographic was always the first to respond to societal changes. I'm sure many thought they might as well wait till COVID ended and normalcy returned.

College is also not valued the same way it was in the past. Even though it's become more of a requirement and necessity, the degree itself has become devalued. And the culture has changed. It's not going to be easy to convince primarily working to lower middle class kids to go to college campuses where they are promptly lectured for being part of the great evil white supremacy bogeyman. And I'm sure plenty of rising college-age kids saw the cohorts just older than them get degrees and then flounder. It's not the ticket to a successful life the way it was in the past. People no longer respect college degrees or see it as inherently worthwhile. It can be both astute and shortsighted. And it's reflective of the growing class divides in American society. [/quote]

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