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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm in academia. It's alarmist. 91 have closed [i]or merged[/i] since 2016. That's 13/year. Let's say about half merged, so it's 5-6 that close per year. They are schools you've never heard of, like Presentation College in South Dakota, Cazenovia College in New York, and Holy Names University in California (449 students).

Then there's Judson College that closed in 2021.. because the had only 12 students enroll that year (it's a Baptist women's college).

We're seeing 5-10 colleges close per year, and we have over 1,000 R-1 and R-2 universities, and if you add in community colleges you're at about 5,000.

Compared to 20 years ago, we see a lot more international students, especially from China. The demand remains.[/quote]

I don't think international students are interested in mediocre schools.

They come here for semi-prestigious to prestigious schools.

There's no demand for mediocre schools.
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There is absolutely demand for mediocre schools -- from mediocre international students. They're not all getting into the top 25, and there are plenty of middle class Chinese willing to pay for their kid to go to any school in the US as that's considered prestigious enough.[/quote]

There are 3000+ 4 year schools in the US. When I said mediocre, say #200+ on USN&WR.
International student's are not interested in small schools and bad locations 
Shit ton of schools are not in demand by international students and won't be saved by them.

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For example, #212 Bethel University has 58 international students. 
#212 is not even bad out of 3000+[/quote]

Well it’s an evangelical Christian college whose motto is “guided by Christ “; I’m shocked it has 58.[/quote]

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