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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Demographic cliff + increase in freshman class size + over-correction from this year's WL disaster[/quote]

According to this article in NY magazine it's more nuanced:

At an industry level, the demographic cliff is likely to leave the U.S. with a very different higher-education landscape from the one [b]we know today with nearly 4,000 schools. Some colleges will close, merge, or be acquired by stronger players. Many others will limp along eventually resembling malls with vacant stores — bringing in just enough money to keep going [/b]but not enough to maintain their buildings or provide the kinds of services that add up to a good student experience.

For families already navigating a college-admissions process reshaped in recent years by test-optional policies and the growth of early applications, the demographic cliff adds yet another wrinkle. Should students take that shot at the elite schools on the chance they’ll be slightly easier to get in to? Will tuition discounts become more generous, but where? And how can families be sure the school they eventually choose will still have the resources to invest in facilities and programs after their kids arrive on campus? These are questions that students and parents didn’t need to ask a decade ago; now they will define both the college search for teenagers in the near term as well as the future of higher education in the U.S..

https://bit.ly/48c2apS[/quote]

NPR has reported (of the 4,000 colleges in the U.S. today):

- 1 colleges per week is ceasing to exist / ending operations.  One per week.

NOT disappearing are:

- the 50 state flagship universities,

- the Service academies for the 5 main military branches, (Coast Guard has its own academy; the Commissioned Corps and Space Force, do not);

the T-50 universities. [/quote]

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