Has The College Death Spiral Started? Mounting Financial Pressure Because Enrollment Is Steadily Declining

Powerline Blog, Free Republic
Wed, 08/12/2020 - 7:57pm

I’ve been tempted to tweak my liberal friends with the mischievous thought that COVID-19 is actually a Trump five-dimensional chess plot to destroy universities, unionized K-12 public education, and Hollywood (since TV and movie production is largely shut down too). Colleges and universities were already facing mounting financial pressure because enrollment is steadily declining and certain to get much worse in the coming decade (the result of falling birthrates back at the time of the housing crash in 2008-09).

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Has The College Death Spiral Started? Mounting Financial Pressure Because Enrollment Is Steadily Declining

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