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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It absolutely depends on the college. Some like Elon and Syracuse that are private and expensive have declining enrollments.

Some like large D1 public schools, especially in the South, have increasing enrollment.

The cliff thing is a red herring to explain away why certain schools have declining enrollments. [/quote]

Today’s winner for the stupidest comment on DCUM.[/quote]

Hey idiot, the South is growing, no cliff here.  The cliff is in the blue, no growth, high tax states who have been chasing people and business away for years.  Now the mid schools there are claiming "cliff" as the excuse for the no growth policies that caused the local cliff. [/quote]
Elon is in the south. [/quote]

I don't know about Elon specific issues, but similar to other southern, mid-tier privates, their issues do not have anything to due with the "cliff".  These schools now have huge competition from public ACC/SEC schools that in years/decades past presented little crossover. Now rich and UMC southerners, and others, will gladly send kids to UGA, Clemson, NC State, Auburn, etc., where in years past that didn't happen often and left a niche market for mid southern slacs, think Furman, Mercer, Sewanee, Wofford, Elon, etc.  Those days are gone.  Now the Elon's have to become way better, more specialized, or D1 sports oriented to create a new niche.  [/quote]

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