Why More And More Colleges Are Closing Down Across America

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The mid-2010's saw an uptick in U.S. college closures-particularly in the private nonprofit space.
Since 2016, 91 U.S. private colleges have either closed, merged with another school, or announced plans to close according to a CNBC analysis of data from Higher Ed Dive. This trend is affecting tens of thousands of college students across the country, with almost half of those schools closing after the onset of the pandemic in 2020. For many struggling schools the pandemic was the final straw-but two major themes showed up consistently throughout the closures: finances and enrollment.
"There are two significant issues affecting higher education right now," said The Princeton Review's Editor-in-Chief Robert Franek. "Specifically, through the admission and enrollment offices. Number one, it is the admission cliff, and that is the impending decline. We'll be graduating our lowest high school classes by population in 2025. And most enrollment professionals have been wringing their hands about this date of 2025, but many schools have seen those enrollment declines already."
About 95% of U.S. colleges rely on tuition, according to Franek, meaning they rely on money from students to operate. Dwindling enrollment numbers mean less money, fewer student offerings, and eventually a shuttered institution.
"It's a reflection of, I think, an unsustainable operating platform, meaning a heavy reliance on tuition, which can't always keep up with inflation," said Fitch Ratings Senior Director Emily Wadhwani.
"It can't always keep up with erosion in enrollment. We can't keep hiking tuition sticker price in the hopes that the net residual once you account for scholarship and discounting and the like is gonna be enough to sort of offset your growing expense base."
Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
01:42 - The enrollment cliff
05:17 - Colleges on the brink
11:30 - What's next?
Correction: A previous version of this video misspelled the last name of Melinda Huspen, a student at The King's College.
Produced by: Devan Burris
Edited by: Evan Miller
Narrated by: Jordan Smith
Graphics by: Mallory Brangan and Alex Wood
Supervising Producer,: Jeff Morganteen
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Why More And More Colleges Are Closing Down Across America

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@BrokeMillionaire1 11 месяцев назад

The combination of people realizing that college is overrated and the fact that college is overpriced.

@PraveenSriram 11 месяцев назад

College is ridiculously overpriced and even was in 2001 when I graduated from high school and now am turning 40 years old this year

@jayman5692 11 месяцев назад

I wouldn’t say overrated. Just overpriced and time consuming. 2 years of general study is a waste.

@BrokeMillionaire1 11 месяцев назад

@@jayman5692 true

@BrokeMillionaire1 11 месяцев назад

@@PraveenSriram facts

@michael-hw1uv 11 месяцев назад

70 % of University students know who Karl Marx is but John F. Kennedy? Kennedy who? JFK Democrats, Ohio. Actually good news for a change. Better to home school. Black Conservative's, the most hated group in Leftist Politics. Hypocrite 's. Ask Thomas Sowell, Lecture on Woke, 1995.

@msoldate 11 месяцев назад

Imagine getting your business degree at a school that went out of business 😬

@Cocoisagordonsetter 11 месяцев назад

Could be part of the education. Nothing should be immune from that. The US government would be out of business if they didn't control the money printer.

@manfredmann2766 10 месяцев назад

Too funny 😂. You will definitely learn the concepts of financial mismanagement, embezzlement, and liquidation procedures.

@msoldate 10 месяцев назад

@@manfredmann2766 sounds like an excellent candidate to get in on the ground floor for our start up company with new disruptive technology product that will sweep the market!…

@davidclaro152 10 месяцев назад

Trump University

@collegeman1988 10 месяцев назад

How very ironic!

@CHixon 3 месяца назад

College education worked for me 45 years ago. However, about 75% of my classmates didn't get jobs related to their degree. Getting a job related to your degree has largely been a mirage for generations. Colleges have not been held accountable.

@saladlamp2092 2 месяца назад

Many college degrees don't translate directly to careers. What do English Literature, History, and Philosophy degrees prepare people for? (The old punchline is "Grad School.")

@sidmoitra007 2 месяца назад

I agree with you 100%

@canadianbird1185 4 месяца назад

Colleges need to focus 100% on getting their students receiving jobs straight after college with their degrees. If they can't do that, there's no point to their existence.

@rebeckylee157 3 месяца назад

Agreed.

@thechrisburcher 3 месяца назад

If this is true (and I wish it were) then it would be a complete and total transformation of every US college mission statement. No one who works for any college in the US will agree that the purpose or mission of college is to get students jobs. Of course, this is part of the problem. The purpose of US colleges is to educate according to the colleges and most everyone who works for them. Asinine.

@Batmans_Pet_Goldfish 3 месяца назад

Well, that would require employers to actually desire said degree.

@darylligon2701 3 месяца назад

This is the largest problem, college career centers lack the resources, leverage, and knowledge on how to truly help students and graduates obtain jobs. The college I attended for my doctoral degree doesn’t even offer you a job interview no matter how many times you apply. They simply don’t hire their own graduates. I don’t mean professor or adjunct jobs either, they won’t hire for ANY job. Years ago I wrote several college career center’s encouraging them to incorporate trade skills and/or other vocational skills and licenses into many of their degree programs. I even advised them on how to pay for it. I was polite in my email, this wasn’t a rant. I never heard anything back. Colleges need to completely change their mission. Student loans should be tied to how well a college does in helping students obtain jobs relating to their degree. I just know if you academic doctoral graduates working as call center workers for less than $20 an hour after they graduate that’s a problem.

@leguminous7564 3 месяца назад

There are plenty of students that just don't try in college, and instead see it as four years of parties. Colleges definitely need more career support for students, but 100% is insane.

@acrylitearon687 4 месяца назад

The problem in America is that everything has to turned into a corporation for profit instead of overall societal benefit and well-being, and this is what happens to a sector such as education.

@shonuf5152 4 месяца назад

Precisely

@zandaroos553 4 месяца назад

I disagree that this is why this specific issue exists. Enrollment has been on a slight decline in the U.S. due to a lot of factors related to renewed interest in trades, changing cultural factors, decreased opportunity bonus from getting a college degree etc. Non-elite private colleges feel the brunt of this as college students go to low cost state schools or jockey for positions at elite private schools. Non-elite private unis simply lack the opportunity access of elite schools and the affordability of public schools. Imo I don’t think this is as much of a problem as it’s made out to be, it means most of these colleges students are being directed to public research universities which is a good thing if you want less private sector influence in academia.

@gazjaz2010 4 месяца назад

@@zandaroos553 nah. weak argument via splitting hairs. follow the money.

@zandaroos553 4 месяца назад

@@gazjaz2010 …can you further elaborate why I’m wrong? America has a massive over abundance of expensive liberal arts colleges that aren’t elite enough to give a high degree ROI and can’t reduce tuition costs to be competitive with state schools. As enrollment patterns flatten and shift towards research universities and polytechnics you’re gonna see large numbers of closures.

@illhaveanother8173 4 месяца назад

Well if the former graduates went back to help fix it then this would have been done a long time ago. If you can't even get your own alumni to give a damn then you can't expect the rest of society to drop what they are doing to fix this for you.

@jjmcg9184 11 месяцев назад

A lot of folks are realizing that getting a degree just to end up in debt & working in retail isnt worth it.

@samuelpaz3218 9 месяцев назад

Getting a degree won’t get you working in retail if you get anything related to STEM, it is useless if you pick a degree like art and communications but an Engineering degree will definitely get you places

@amperro 9 месяцев назад

@@samuelpaz3218 Not always. Many people with STEM degrees, especially life sciences, are not working in STEM.

@Avenlane 8 месяцев назад

Those who get a degree are the fortunate ones, it's estimated that nearly 40% of the people who enroll in a 4 year university either drop out or they don't meet the graduation requirements. So they still have the student debt, but no degree to show for it, those people are _really_ screwed.

@-dysfunction_executive 6 месяцев назад

@@samuelpaz3218can you guarantee this comment?

@xwrtk 4 месяца назад

@@samuelpaz3218My cousin got a computer science degree and he currently works at a daycare. Almost 3 years of not finding work so he have up and choose anything available.

@KatieBellino 3 месяца назад

It makes sense. Private colleges (that aren't Ivy League or close to) tend to be overpriced with really no more bragging rights than the major public universities.

@michaelrogers9720 Месяц назад

For most The only good thing about the degree Is the name of the school It unfairly opens doors Life should be based upon merit

@KatieBellino Месяц назад

No, you missed the point. Ivy League, yes. General expensive private college, no. It is actually no more prestigious.@@michaelrogers9720

@thebestcentaur 13 дней назад

@@michaelrogers9720yeah, well...the reality is far different in America (or really anywhere that the better off and well-connected have a leg up). Period.

@kenyonbissett3512 10 дней назад

Public schools are closing or shrinking their programs.

@slashmaster2 3 месяца назад

Still confused by this. Lots of people spend so much at college they screw up their whole life with debt. How could a college not have enough money?

@edwardlewis1963 2 месяца назад

They turned to a business model with the students as the customers.

@EmptyZoo393 Месяц назад

Bulging administrative staffs, incredibly over-fancy student accommodations, expensive athletics programs. Then you've got the weirdness off the research vs teaching dynamic: a lot of tenured professors are focused on doing research that brings in large grants (which the school takes a cut of) while most of the teaching is being done by underpaid adjunct faculty who aren't permanently employed. It's all a mess that's been building for decades and finally coming to a head with Covid.

@acaracaraorange7685 11 дней назад

Probably embezzlement

@yucol5661 11 дней назад

Enough money for what? It’s not that they don’t have enough money to keep their side business of teaching and running education programs. It’s that they don’t have enough money to run their main business, finances, prestige, real state, debt, investment. They have bosses too, they have dreams of expanding and making bank for the people on top.

@kenyonbissett3512 10 дней назад

For the last 20 yrs colleges got ridiculously expensive trying to attract students. They did things like built amusement parks to entertain their students during down time. 🤦‍♀️. They over expanded. There are too many colleges for the amount of US students. Housing for students is ridiculously expensive.

@mr.deadman1973 11 месяцев назад

I saw during my years at college that spending is ridiculous. My school got a grant of $1.8 million to remodel an old gymnasium to offices. They already had a five floor office building that only used the lower two floors. "Why could that money not be used to ease the burden on students?," and I was told it can only be used for this. That, to me, was just idiotic.

@heartspeaks 11 месяцев назад

Exactly! The school I taught at as well

@meyou9369 11 месяцев назад

Oh, poor child. I guess you're a racist now, or what was known as a Republican before Obama.

@NTJedi 11 месяцев назад

Schools are forced to spend X amount of money for expansion and upgrades even when it's not needed because otherwise those government grants will be reduced or removed for the universities... I know since my brother use to work at the university. It's just one example where the government is really terrible about spending money.

@Nevir202 11 месяцев назад

I used to work in construction. EVERY year, in the news, they'd be crying that schools didn't have money and might need to lay off teachers. Every summer, contractors I worked with got contracts to do work on the facilities, often completely needlessly. EG: replacing a parking lot that was in acceptable condition. Nearly $100,000 to remove one of the radiuses of the running track and move it out by half a meter, as it had been built the wrong size. Never mind it was fine for all the years it had been in use, suddenly that was something worth spending on.

@bosonichadron1 11 месяцев назад

Well, if the grant you apply for is specifically earmarked for construction or building improvements, then that’s where is has to go, or the institution is in violation of the False Claims Act-unless it’s a private grant (unlikely), but they’d still be guilty of fraud could easily be sued and probably lose.

@DawnNa_22 11 месяцев назад

Rising costs, useless degree offerings and lack of support post graduation, in my opinion, has been made US colleges not only less desirable but less efficient in the long run. If students are willing to leave their hometowns and/or go into debt at an early age to earn a degree, the colleges have a responsibility to provide resources that will make it worthwhile. I think a lot of young people aren’t seeing the benefits anymore and it’s up to the administrators at these institutions to change that if they want to stay in business.

@chillwill5080 11 месяцев назад

The administrators could care less, they steal enough money in one or two years to set themselves up for life.

@moneygrowz 11 месяцев назад

Exactly!

@michael-hw1uv 11 месяцев назад

70 % of University students know who Karl Marx is but John F. Kennedy? Kennedy who? JFK Democrats, Ohio. Actually good news for a change. Better to home school.

@marissashantez6051 11 месяцев назад

bye kids should use more care. Its hilarious how they use old clips of what college used to be like. Thats not what happens now.

@thomasjones4570 11 месяцев назад

The administrators are the main reason for the high tuition costs. Some colleges have almost as many as many working their, as students that attend. They keep creating more and more departments filled with mostly useless positions filled with people that act like the Gestapo just to report who breaks some crazy new rules that some other useless administrator created to keep a job.

@Calvinmob6886 4 месяца назад

I'm a college dropout. My grandfather, who was a college grad, used to tell me regardless of what you learn or if you stay in school, never stop learning. College will not show you how to become wealthy, which will be determined by your work ethic, decisions you make, sacrifices, and the books you read.

@wet-read 4 месяца назад

All I want is for job interviews to not be so difficult to get and to not be asked stupid, degrading questions during them.

@essel23fly 4 месяца назад

College is about being a well rounded person first and foremost. Not to mention 9 times out of 10, someone with a degree will be hired before without. You can learn from the streets but why make it hard? in the long run, being educated is better and easier to accumulate wealth.

@Emit. 3 месяца назад

@@essel23flythe well rounded thing is a cope

@thepinkestpigglet7529 3 месяца назад

@@Emit. No that's just the history of college. When colleges first started people didnt get degrees they just took classes in things then dropes out when they got bored. Then Henry Ford decided to only hire college grads for some job positions.

@ghenulo 3 месяца назад

LOL! It's not what you know. It's whom you know.

@josh24441 3 месяца назад

I can assure you that culinary schools are all a scam. You don’t need to go to any of them if you want to be a chef. Start young and get a job at the bottom. Like a dishwasher or server, and work your way up. Use that time to learn the business and to get mentors to help you.

@keithwisdom1663 11 дней назад

Technically if you have a business mentor or father to teach for free or money institutions are a scam. Problem is those that don't get the benefits have to go to said scan school

@kenyonbissett3512 10 дней назад

Take business classes at a community college, accounting, marketing, management, Human Resources, real estate, etc. Take the course to be licensed to manage a kitchen for your state.

@MrBuildboy 11 месяцев назад

The thing that this story didn’t really cover is the rising cost of going to school. I have so many friends that went to school and got their degree in a specific field only to go into a career that has little to nothing to do with their degree. The bad part of that is they are stuck with a massive debt that a lot of people spend most of their lives trying to pay off. I work in a hospital and see nurses get their degrees only to find out that they won’t be able to make what they were essentially promised if they got their degree. As a result of that we have lost many nurses in our clinic to go find a clinic that will pay them what they have rightfully earned and it’s caused a massive shortage in staffing. I consider myself one of those people that figured out how to net work and do internships to avoid having to be in student debt, and still earn a decent living. Unless you know exactly how to make your degree actually work for you, school is just a ginormous debt trap for most people. So I’m not surprised that schools are closing.

@tannerpaisley-ve6dq 11 месяцев назад

Hospitals are dangerously understaffed. Americans need to do something!

@willcruz943 11 месяцев назад

⁠@@tannerpaisley-ve6dq Whose fault is that? Hospitals happily laid off and furloughed doctors, nurses, PT, OT, dietitians and auxiliary staff from March 2020 to almost the end of summer of 2020, forced older nurses to retire as well when they could had been used to help the units needing their help, then from January of 2021 until last year, hospitals were firing nurses and other hospital staff who refused to be vaccinated because hospitals were not getting their nice little financial kickbacks from both the Federal Government and the Pharmaceutical corporations and the reasons that vaccinations will protect them, their colleagues, own families and their patients from the Wuhan flu were lies . Of course, then comes the inevitable hospital consolidation where system healthcare start buying smaller hospitals or merging with another system that creates a monopoly or worse, the formation of hospital system cartels and with that, another round of laying off medical and nursing staff and others. The result, many doctors and nurses are leaving healthcare and the bedside for something much better. If Americans are serious, get the fracking Federal Government out of healthcare and second, stop hospital mergers or buyouts. Third, get corporate America out from running and ruining American hospitals. They don’t know what the heck they are doing. Do those things and America can halt not only the loss of experienced healthcare personnel, but also it will improve American healthcare immensely and lower the cost of care.

@est9949 11 месяцев назад

Also, less people want to go to religious university nowadays after years of terrible discriminative teachings by religions groups and scandals from people like Jerry Falwell / Liberty University.

@micclay 11 месяцев назад

Community colleges have reasonably priced trade programs that actually get students a job and lay the groundwork for self employment.

@willcruz943 11 месяцев назад

@@est9949 Really, so explain why many still enroll in Norte Dame and other Catholic universities and colleges?

@neilifill4819 10 месяцев назад

I had a doctoral colleague who lost his job and couldn’t finish the program. I was chatting with him and learned that the school where he earned his masters degree had been closed down because of shady practices that lost them their accreditation. His masters degree was in jeopardy and didn’t have the same value because of this. Even if he tried to re-enroll in a doctorate, he may miss the qualification. It’s a complete mess. The schools suffer, but the students likely suffer much more.

@19ars92 4 месяца назад

😂😂😂😂

@Brabbs 4 месяца назад

What school did he went to? Was the college actually accreddited? Non-accreddited colleges cant give doctorates in the US.

@neilifill4819 4 месяца назад

@@Brabbs I don’t recall the college where he went for his masters. That’s the school that got shut down, not where he was pursuing his doctorate. He ran out of money in the doctoral program, so he suspended himself. But, he can’t re-enroll now because his masters was in jeopardy. I haven’t spoken with him in a while, so I don’t have any updates.

@1ugh1 4 месяца назад

@@Brabbs What are you talking about? Schools all across the country are authorized to give doctorates but are not a part of the "accreditting" financial scam. Can you not do a simple google search?

@brianposada87 4 месяца назад

@@19ars92There is nothing funny about this

@lindapindabelinda3570 3 месяца назад

Good thing I had my airway clear when that lady said the part about how tuition isn’t keeping up with inflation. Tuition has been many times the rate of inflation for decades. I also don’t know what their business model is, but it is definitely unsustainable.

@juicysmith38235 2 месяца назад

These comments keep mentioning that college is a business, however they fail to mention what government intervention has done with the introduction of federally backed student loans and the impacts they have had on tuition rates 💰💰💰

@mavricxx 11 месяцев назад

Honestly, I don't feel sorry for them. They've been fleecing us for years! Tuition is up 1,000% since the early years yet cost of living is only up 200%. Then they put these requirements where we need 2 or 3 books for a class where each book costs upward of $300 each. Then some classes the book may have a code where you can only use it once and after that you can't reuse it can't even sell it to make up some of the losses. It's shady crap like this that makes me not have any sort of towards them!

@rao8559 11 месяцев назад

Dont get me started on books! College textbooks are as big a scam as tuition. Planned obsolescence isnt just for tech but also for textbooks. It is not enough to have 4th edition of a book(which you can pick for half price at a college used bookstore), you should have 5th edition, the differences being only cosmetic. I am not cheering for piracy but lets just say, I dont mind if the publishers recieve a serious disincentive .

@michael-hw1uv 11 месяцев назад

@glennwatson3313 11 месяцев назад

The textbook market is a giant scam.

@wayIess 11 месяцев назад

Last few years of college I used to wait the first week to buy textbooks. Some professors wouldn't even have them as part of the curriculum and tell students not to bother.

@manfredmann2766 10 месяцев назад

@@wayIessThose professors are cool.

@roberte.6892 11 месяцев назад

as a millennial college grad, let me assure you that whenever a college closes, an angel gets its wings.

@josephvanname3377 11 месяцев назад

As a former professor, let me assure you that whenever a college closes, an angel gets its wings.

@kennethklein1262 10 месяцев назад

True 😅

@ajilariyike 10 месяцев назад

You sound like a millennium with little sense

@career5690 10 месяцев назад

@@josephvanname3377😊😅

@christopherhernandez3909 10 месяцев назад

😂🤣😂

@plumeria66 3 месяца назад

I went to college in the 80s and grad school in the 90s. Best years of my life, enriching me academically and socially. Made lifelong friends, had a fantastic social life, and learning was exciting. Don’t know how people do it these days with skyrocketing costs, debt, and bad job prospects at the end. Plus with everyone using their phone, social life can’t be that great anymore.

@neonfroot Месяц назад

irs not the phones. Its stranger danger. But the problem with college is not even the debts. Its the universalisation. College has now become a natural progression of youth. Its become a "mandatory" admission ticket to adulthood.

@rayr268 4 месяца назад

The debt trap has driven the prices up so much that it not worth trying to dig yourself out even with 100k job. The new 100k is 200k

@GigachudBDE 8 месяцев назад

Part of me believes it's because younger generations see the push to go to university as an unneccessary and prohibitively expensive scam. They saw how us millennials are burdened by tens of thousands of dollars of student loan debt that the government was unwilling to forgive but more than willing to forgive billions in PPE loans. The fact that college is a business is what's made it become so awful these days and emblematic of the issues with America being ran like a business and only looking out for businesses.

@mustang8206 3 месяца назад

That's exactly why. Why go 40k in debt just so you can land an office job that pays 50k, when you can learn a trade and start making 70k just a year after highschool?

@galek75 3 месяца назад

So did they vote for Bernie? Did they tell their reps to move the Free College bill through Congress? If not they have no right to call schooling a scam.

@molliwilson5639 3 месяца назад

I agree .Population decline as well

@darylligon2701 3 месяца назад

@@mustang8206 Exactly, or worse 100K in debt with a doctoral degree earning 30K per year or less.

@leguminous7564 3 месяца назад

@@mustang8206 Trades are physically demanding, have no benefits, and are more sucesptible to wage volatility. That's why.

@lavalampluva55401 11 месяцев назад

People don't want to be saddled with student loan debt until they die. There seriously needs to be an investigation on why college is so expensive. In 1980, the price to attend a four-year college full-time was $10,231 annually-including tuition, fees, room and board, and adjusted for inflation-according to the National Center for Education Statistics. By 2019-20, the total price increased to $28,775. That’s a 180% increase.

@dickface8742 11 месяцев назад

Smart people don't go to college.

@dennmillsch 11 месяцев назад

I have heard of multiple factors that have driven up the cost of education. For one, the ratio of non-teaching to teaching staff has increased dramatically. Colleges didn't need all the supplementary staff in the past, but somehow today they do??? Secondly, a matter of supply and demand, when govt loan programs make money easier to get, then colleges respond by jacking up prices. Tighten the money supply by getting the govt out and colleges will need to compete for students, and part of that competition is to have sensible prices. But the truth is that a lot of people don't need those college degrees, for example, you can go to a much-lower-cost technical school, learn a career, and then make good money as a car mechanic, plumber or electrician.

@toomanybears_ 11 месяцев назад

@@dennmillsch There are literally armies of "administrative" personnel and bureaucrats in every college and university, sometimes actually outnumbering the faculty members. And not just private schools. State schools have entire departments that don't actually teach anything but "oversee" "campus life" and basically enforce "equity" goals. And it's a surprise they are in the red.

@toomanybears_ 11 месяцев назад

I know a woman who got a degree from a "private, liberal arts college", left there with tons of debt and then was unable to get a job using the degree. What did she do?? Listen to some "advisor" who convinced her to get an advanced degree which turned out to be equally worthless. She is now in her 50's and will never pay off the debt no matter how long she lives. I got so tired of listening to her nonstop complaining about her ever increasingly worsening financial situation I basically ghosted her. Last time I saw her she was working at McDonalds, something she could have done with no degree and no debt.

@bg147 11 месяцев назад

I think in 1984-1987, we paid $6000 per year at Indiana U. Wanna say my tuition was $1000 per semester with room and board being $2000 per semester. That has been turned upside down with tuition sky rocketing and being the dominant expense today.

@micker9830 Месяц назад

As someone who graduated College, I can tell you that it helped me ZERO percent, in my future career. You learn all you need to know by the end of high school. We should just have specialty schools for Medical fields or some engineering etc.. Not EVERYONE needs or should go to college. Such a waste of money. You will learn almost nothing of what you need for your career. You learn on the job for most careers. It's a scam and a half that they have going on now.

@silverstar4289 24 дня назад

I have a niece who was direct admission to a top Business School. She did not like the college atmosphere. She is a server in a couple restaurants and has already accumulated tens of thousands in her bank account. Started an IRA and is traveling. By the time she is thirty, I suspect she will be independent and very comfortable

@domepiece11 20 дней назад

Employers won’t spend the money to train anyone though.

@keithsdrinker 4 месяца назад

The education landscape is changing. Apprenticeship or work experience and a micro-credential is all you really need for many career fields. Wasting 4 years of your life to be saddled with lifelong debt is just not an attractive prospective for students anymore .

@gavinparmar1316 11 месяцев назад

The problem really starts in high-school. It used to be the place where students discovered what their natural talents were and figured out how to use these talents for the job market. Unfortunately, now days High-schools have become nothing more than college prep schools churning out students who are convinced everybody needs to go to University just to make a living. This led to a huge bubble of students from the mid 1990s to just before the pandemic. Universities spent billions thinking this bubble of students would never end. Hence the skyrocketing tuition hikes along with massive campus expansions which led to unsustainable debt. In the last five years, the baby bust of 2007 and then general census from students that a four year degree no longer offers the Return on Investment that justifies the massive tuitions has caused of stunning collapse in tuition paying students. A case in point, a skilled journeyman tradesman can make $100,000 US dollars in many industries like Aviation, plumbing and welding. Many of these careers are begging for talent. Meanwhile, most of the Universities Degrees that students are getting barely pay two thirds of these salaries while being saddled with debts that approached nearly $100,000.

@sheilatorio6811 11 месяцев назад

Good point. When I was in high school we had classes like Auto Shop. Now they have Autocad. (Sorry, my terms are outdated, but you know what I mean.) I think we’ve overcorrected.

@TurdFergusen 11 месяцев назад

my niece fell for this lie… soent all that time in avid classes wanted the whole experience… instead got debt, a crappy part time job and depression

@ScottyShaw 11 месяцев назад

"Unfortunately, now High-schools have become nothing more than college prep schools churning out students convinced all of them need to go to University just to make a living." No, most high schools are not college prep schools. Most high schools tell students to go to college, but most high schools are actually worthless daycares now Very few high schools provide any education that deserves funding because they're mostly trash.

@alkaholik7924 11 месяцев назад

Yep. Well said. I would add the boomer brainwash factor is a major thing. Boomers taught their kids they need degrees to be successful because that worked for them but it's a lost paradigm. I would estimate 95% of the degrees offered at my college were a waste of time and money from a financial/career standpoint.

@JohnSmith-sq5mg 11 месяцев назад

Ikr work hard to work even harder, it would be better to work hard to relax. Also those people are just dumb, like just attend a cheaper school if you can’t afford it😂 There is no point of going to top universities if they don’t give you the scholarships you need if you can’t get one just go to a local college that has a good reputation that cost maybe around 6-8k a year. Then just become a teacher/ tutor or both and you can get around 90k. If you extremely lazy and want the easy way out just become gym teacher lmao

@playpower7632 11 месяцев назад

There are 3 main reasons I think 1. Rising cost 2. Colleges teachings could not keep up with real life demands, companies now prefer people with experience rather than education 3. Jobs pool for people with degree now getting smaller due to automation

@lindafukuyu5767 11 месяцев назад

Big Corporations like Google, Microsoft, Tesla, Boeing, etc need Engineering Technology & Science degree STEM & Experience .. good money too.

@jimk8520 11 месяцев назад

@@lindafukuyu5767yeah it is - for H1B visa holders.

@SomeUserNameBlahBlah 11 месяцев назад

Google is creating their own academy because college grads don't have the required skills and are way behind industry requirements.

@user-zu3md5qz8y 11 месяцев назад

@@lindafukuyu5767 it ruins my mind, I want to go to heaven now God

@Sean-ll5cm 11 месяцев назад

"Experience" is another trap. "This job is entry level. Please have 3 years experience" - the work environment is changing drastically in the modern world and it seems like in ten years we'll all be drivers for Amazon because the few other jobs out there will have so much competition that we can't succeed no matter how hard we try (of course, this is under the assumption Amazon cars won't be driving themselves).

@bendyben Месяц назад

Couldn’t happen to more deserving people.

@pinkprofile 4 месяца назад

Just like any business, college is a business, and it is not exempt from failure.

@josephvanname3377 11 месяцев назад

I was a professor, and as a professor, I know how unprofessional colleges really are. These wretched institutions really need to close down.

@manfredmann2766 10 месяцев назад

You should do a podcast on that.

@josephvanname3377 10 месяцев назад

@@manfredmann2766 Yea.

@quiveringmoist7558 9 месяцев назад

I was an adjunct at my school after my graduate degree. I thought teaching in public schools was bad but university is gut wrenching

@AngelLopez-iv5jv 9 месяцев назад

I would listen to this podcast. I would like to hear more about your thoughts from your first person perspective.

@katsan88 9 месяцев назад

We need a podcast

@user-tf2li1bn6q 11 месяцев назад

The cost of college is rising at an alarming rate, and many people are finding that they cannot afford to get a traditional college degree. This is leading to a rise in the popularity of e-education sites, which are often more affordable and more job-oriented. I think it is essential for colleges to make their degrees more affordable and to offer more job-friendly courses. In today's economy, it is more important than ever for students to be able to get a job after they graduate. Colleges that do not adapt to this reality will find themselves at a competitive disadvantage.

@andis9076 11 месяцев назад

Agree, tuition is out of reach and doesn't give good return investment, instead give student loan debt for the rest of their live.

@robertshelton3796 11 месяцев назад

When the government will pay any price, the college can charge any price. Seems obvious.

@jacob9673 11 месяцев назад

@@andis9076Depends heavily on your major and school. Unfortunately for many people, rigorous, high-return majors are difficult for the average student to pass in. I’m worried admins and softer degrees will start to rename themselves to dilute the rigor of the engineering/science moniker with degrees like “psychological sciences” and “market engineering.”

@angelmegatraveler 11 месяцев назад

Totally agree. I would say there is more investments towards 2yr community colleges recently. Basically, make them near zero-free and give students after graduating more options whether they go straight to the workforce or transfer to 4yr college. Either way students can save tremendous amount of money in the long run.

@mic1240 11 месяцев назад

Yet some major research universities are proving they do not need to raise tuition to deliver quality education, namely Purdue University, which hasn’t raised tuition since 2011. The top tier engineering, tech and other programs has attracted record enrollments in big part because of its long time tuition freeze and high paying jobs for grads.

@DrJohnnyJ 3 месяца назад

If your school was accredited, you will be able to transfer the credits. However, the biggest expense at most universities is promotion, acquiring students, along with a lot of administrators, when the biggest cost should be instructional development and delivery.

@ian3580 2 месяца назад

You have to be careful about what 'accreditation' means. ITT Tech was accredited by ACICS. You weren't getting credits from ITT transferred to any state/public school anywhere....period. You could transfer them to other schools accredited by ACICS, if the destination school felt like accepting them.

@manme6051 4 месяца назад

In my state and county, the high schools and middles schools give little attention on career counseling. I notice for them, it's all about getting kids through the graduating line.

@mikiandfriends1820 11 месяцев назад

"Unless you know exactly how to make your degree actually work for you, school is just a ginormous debt trap for most people." 100% agree plus you lose 4-5 years. Imagine if in yr 11 & 12 and half of your degree is complete

@NTJedi 11 месяцев назад

Attending a college or university today has only one purpose... networking with ambitious wise people who might be the next business billionaire.

@richardalvarado-ik9br 11 месяцев назад

Even community college has gotten way more expensive.

@manfredmann2766 10 месяцев назад

Or you have filthy rich parents and then one can major in one of those garbage degrees.

@ByWayOfDeception 9 месяцев назад

right, most people don't know how to make their degree work for them or were too lazy to complete it... ergo are ready to say, "it is a waste of time. Me no need degree." Get a frackin' degree that pays like math and computer science, it can even be an associates. Sorry but "communications" and "marketing" with no practical internships ain't going to cut it.

@richardalvarado-ik9br 9 месяцев назад

@@ByWayOfDeception most younger people including myself at the time, probably hadn't a clue about what to do after HS. That's where good parenting comes in. my own dad was poorly educated and only gave a damm about staying out of trouble.

@govannioften1148 8 месяцев назад

Required to take classes that aren't related to the career that I want is making me hesitant to go back.

@olympic-ass-eater 8 месяцев назад

Fr. I need to take Spanish class and math like pre-calculus for cyber security.

@galek75 3 месяца назад

School isnt about job training. Thats what the Bezoses of the world want you to believe.

@DatGuyWhoPlays 3 месяца назад

I feel this. Before I dropped out, I was aspiring to be a CompSci major at Texas A&M. Tell me why I had to pass Chemistry before I could even enter the actual program?

@volneypowlis8527 3 месяца назад

@@DatGuyWhoPlaysa lot of that is ABET accrediting

@natesamadhi33 3 месяца назад

Take CLEP exams so you dont have to. Just make sure your local college accepts CLEP.

@deanfirnatine7814 4 месяца назад

In my metro area two small universities closed both over 125 years old, both had absolutely stupid leadership.

@anyadeising1564 3 месяца назад

The reason I chose my university was because they boasted a 99.99% job guarantee straight out of school. But for my entire department of over 600 students, they only have one career adviser that takes months to get an appointment with. It feel hopeless especially in today's job market that doesn't seem to be getting better any time soon.

@r5t6y7u8 Месяц назад

If you have that in writing, sue them. Almost every college lies about job placement and starting salaries. It would be amazing if even 75% of grads would get jobs in their field (that paid more than waiting tables).

@matthewdancz9152 11 месяцев назад

Let us not forget the most importantreason why colleges are closes, mismanagement, overspending, and focus on trivial classes. Don't just blame everything on enrollment numbers. It is only because of money mismanagement.

@MsJubjubbird 10 месяцев назад

yeah there is actually a trend for everyone to get a degree. Which means universities are offering random but useless courses to attract the large market of people that just want any degree.

@natalieking9246 9 месяцев назад

mangement with big egos and won't take a paycut, but will make other staff redundant

@kasession 8 месяцев назад

AMEN!!! 👍🏿

@mikez4204 11 месяцев назад

Any university that bloated their overhead by hiring useless administrators and departments had this coming for a long time. I only feel bad for those who have been doing everything right and still got unlucky with enrollment drops.

@mathisnotforthefaintofheart 11 месяцев назад

Good (public) universities will not lose too many students. Small private good for nothing institutions will

@donjindra 11 месяцев назад

@@mathisnotforthefaintofheart In the near future there will not be enough students (low birth rate) and corporations are finally figuring out that the degrees are not needed. Even high-tech, my field, is very open to self-taught software engineers now.

@donjindra 11 месяцев назад

@@Rationalistas193 No, they are not required to have all of those administrators.

@donjindra 11 месяцев назад

@@Rationalistas193 All the more reason to shut them down. Accreditation means nothing.

@donjindra 11 месяцев назад

@@Rationalistas193 That doesn't even make sense. Why are you being such an idiot?

@jjmcg9184 2 месяца назад

For men, the best option is trade school. You'd make a lot more money coming out of there than going to these universities & colleges racking up debt.

@scottguitar8168 2 месяца назад

Colleges have become too expensive and most degrees are either worthless or not worth getting because the income will not cover the expense of the degree. It was dirt cheap to get a degree in my day, meaning it was well worth the gamble since I left college debt free, so it didn't matter as much if the degree paid off or not concerning employment.

@patrickpaterson8785 11 месяцев назад

They did it to themselves. More people are finally understanding the math of "$75k in student loans to get a job that maybe pays $50k a year" just does not make any sense.

@TomikaKelly 11 месяцев назад

You can easily pay that loan down in 3 years.

@thesagesapprentice383 11 месяцев назад

@@TomikaKelly Factor in compound interest, deduct rent, utilities, insurance, emergencies, and car payments. Maybe you have magic money that can survive that payment timeline but, most Americans don't.

@strangerdanger8462 11 месяцев назад

@@thesagesapprentice383 You forgot to deduct taxes. The biggest hit to the paycheck

@longbeach225 11 месяцев назад

People are waking up to the fact so many students are paying $100,000 in students loans for a degree to only get a job that pays $ 15 per hour. There is no return on investment especially when wages across the board are suppressed.

@betchpuddin4545 11 месяцев назад

I stopped going to college two years in, when i started working at a Bank. People with degrees are typically the worst to work with, i make over $200k and not even 30 yet. I’m blessed

@MooseBme 11 месяцев назад

!/: It just takes a few decades to figure things out :/! While the rest of us are mocked, lectured, laughed at, HATED and proven right, over and over and over... ! " ! ! ! A B J E C T - S U P E R I O R - E Q U A L A T Y ! ! ! "

@wigglyk2796 11 месяцев назад

Only if you get a useless arts/history degree. Go get a STEM degree.

@longbeach225 11 месяцев назад

@@wigglyk2796 True. I think some STEM fields are gonna pay lower now that AI is out.

@woodrowwant6216 11 месяцев назад

@@wigglyk2796or go into medicine. I hate how people just generalize college as useless. It’s only useless if you go to the easy brain dead degrees such as communications or not even gender studies

@davidlorang7697 4 месяца назад

I chose to be an Electrician. No college debt. I’m financially way ahead of my peers that spent time on degrees most aren’t using. Played my cards right and invested in real estate. (Taught myself) and I am semi retired now at 39. I tell my kids it will ultimately be their choice but college is not necessary.

@jidoorifalcon 3 месяца назад

Which resources did you use to teach yourself about investing in real estate?

@emojiman5741 2 месяца назад

@@jidoorifalconGreat question. I don’t think he can answer that. 🤪👍

@locusCeruleus 2 месяца назад

And now they want you to pay increased taxes to pay for those who default on debt while getting their Lesbian Dance theory degrees

@TheMarcuslindberg Месяц назад

I heard it is tough getting an apprenticeship to be a finished electrician. But maybe it varies on location.

@HunkumSpunkum Месяц назад

Yes...but someone has discovered/invented the materials in the tools/fixtures/fittings etc that you now use to line your pockets (including electricity itself). Where was this done?...in Colleges/Universities.

@MrReaperofDead 3 месяца назад

I graduated with honors at Strayer University with a Bachelor's of Science in computer information, with a Cyber Security lean. I have a $600 dollar resume, and am a published scifi author and artist. I've been jobless struggling to find work for 5 years, and still living with my mom and dad at 31, who both despite not going to college, own a house and two cars and a Harley. Hopefully that answers all you need to know about whether you should go to college or not. 😮‍💨

@Chynita 3 месяца назад

Where do you live?

@ebonylo. 3 месяца назад

Times were different as our parents

@carolr7823 Месяц назад

In that field you need to have computer science experience and have worked in the field. A college degree isn't worth that much in Cyber Security or Computer Security. You need certifications that aren't taught in college.

@RickSanchez167 Месяц назад

Lol you either aren't looking, or are looking for too much. There's no way in that field that you haven't been able to get a job in 5 years 😂😂😂

@Nakuke3 28 дней назад

Do you actually know how to code or just sci-fi with a degree?

@terrydillon9323 11 месяцев назад

In general, Community Colleges and trade schools are the best I feel in preparing a person for the work force, and you could have a little part time job while you are attending. If you decide later to pursue a medical education , engineering or something along those lines, you will be better prepared to take that on.

@angelachouinard4581 11 месяцев назад

Way back in the late 79's I went to community college. The instructors were great and after two years I got into the University of California as a transfer with no problem. Later on when I wanted to go for my CPA I took night classes at another community college in Pennsylvania. Same thing, great instructors working in the field during the day and up to date on everything. And I was always able to work at least part time so way less debt.

@JackDaniels-tx4qx 11 месяцев назад

I've been taking evening classes at Coastal Carolina (comm. College) while stationed at Lejeune, and boy is it working wonders. I should have my Associate's done by the time I get out, so just cover the rest with part-time job and GI Bill.

@karenwang313 11 месяцев назад

At university, I got a useless molecular biology degree and was thrown to the wolves the moment I graduated, meanwhile my community college gave me a relevant education in computer science and jumpstarted my career in IT by getting me an internship as well. University is a joke.

@Scrunchie_777 10 месяцев назад

Can't speak for trade schools or all community colleges but, there most definitely are community colleges that have unnecessarily jacked up their prices for the same or even lackluster education, especially CC that are located within metropolitan/suburban areas.

@tonycollazorappo 10 месяцев назад

Liberal arts degrees, learn about life.

@theodoreberbach9562 8 месяцев назад

Colleges used to be a mean to escape poverty and move up the social ladder. Most colleges, especially public funded ones, were very affordable even for grassroots family, you might have to work a summer full time to pay off a year of tuition. This help present grassroots students with better job opportunity upon graduation. Then, colleges go and shoot the common people in the foot, and decided they only cater to rich upper class, which really isn't a big part of the population, and get less and less "customers", and they complain why no one is going to school anymore

@somone1437 3 месяца назад

imagine these schools teaching economics 101."why is the demand for pricy education so low when supply has not really changes? demand and supply graphs has something called price in them. if price is too high, demand is low, and quantity produced needs to be lowered cuz of lower demand. hence the school closings. Ofc in real life its more complicated, and this is so grossly simplified that imma get roasted

@erutherford 2 месяца назад

I can't agree more -- college was my way out of poverty and it certainly opened me up to new experiences. It was easy to get by on Pell Grants, Independent scholarships, and working 3-6 months per year. Not just that but you could, easily enough, even get a Master's Degree and have a total debt of roughly 10K or so. Add to that the fact that you could get a job that was the equivalent of 100K / year in 2024 dollars and you were set. Boy how times have changed [for the worse].

@christianmeza4941 2 месяца назад

25 years to escape poverty 😮

@llamalover02 2 месяца назад

My uni wanted me to pay for the rec center I couldn't use, the new health center I didn't need, and then finally told me I would have to pay $1200/term for their health insurance. Non optional, and I was told I couldn't enroll unless I paid for it... all on top of my tuition. Which they said was also being raised again. I smiled and said, "Fine".

@christophergraves6725 2 месяца назад

What colleges need to do is to return to what they were doing very successfully and for a lot less tuition money in the 1960's and early 1970's and before with more emphasis on teaching, a lot fewer non-faculty personnel, and fewer new buildings with perks for students.

@MyThoughtzAndOpinionz 11 месяцев назад

Most teenaged kids are in college only because their parents tell them too. But the parents don’t realize that bachelors degrees are not as valuable today as they were back in the 90s and early 2000s

@annat6249 11 месяцев назад

Well, although my son is young, I plan to support his education, if I am paying, I will make sure I am not paying for useless degree. If I’m the future he insists taking like art degree, he can use his own money. Parents need to know what they are investing. Going to school brainlessly is a waste of money.

@bobbab5759 11 месяцев назад

The discussion is always siloed. We discuss education cost issues but not the link to what has happened to knowledge jobs in the same time period. That's the problem. E.g. I was a poor kid who graduated in 1996 with $55K in debt (today's dollars) even though I worked through college. But I had zero problems paying it off because I walked right into a corporate job with advancement opportunities. See, it was the balance of how much debt vs. how much opportunity. Opportunities are still out there for sure, but I think they are not as broad as in the past and not all of them provide the advancement opps. Well...that's my hypothesis.

@dannylo5875 11 месяцев назад

Only STEM

@SevenRiderAirForce 11 месяцев назад

I heard a theory, which sounds accurate, that the number of people with "real" college degrees hasn't gone up over time. The standards have just plummeted for high school and undergrad, which accounts for the paper increase in credentials.

@asianguy86 11 месяцев назад

@@dannylo5875 i wonder why Boomers were richer than us without Going to college despite smoking weedsb

@cloudy_xDD 11 месяцев назад

It's almost like raising college prices to unreal prices produces tough consequences.

@deadpirateroberts9937 11 месяцев назад

The colleges already got all the profits, now theyre gonna squeeze out the rest as long as they can.

@RickyandGandi 11 месяцев назад

School recession.

@bmontero2006 2 месяца назад

Colleges are still needed for some jobs, but have gotten over saturated with degrees that aren't worth the paper they are printed on.

@PcCAvioN 3 месяца назад

My school, suny potsdam, within the last 10 years spent millions on fancy performance spaces and renovations on the crane school of music, and now is closing most of the majors that use those expensive facilities

@TheQuickyouknow 11 месяцев назад

Schools got way too many employees. They got to cut costs to students. The government subsidizing college was the worst thing to happen because universities stopped managing their budgets. They knew basically all students can just take out debt to pay for school instead of them charging reasonable prices. People are seeing that getting a college degree is not the golden ticket it once was and opting out.

@ZealousWins 11 месяцев назад

W take. Student loans shouldn't be a thing, to be honest

@richardalvarado-ik9br 11 месяцев назад

Of course you can say that about anything. US military, law enforcement, these institutions also waste a lot too. but we need people with tattoos, uniforms, and guns to make a lot of money.

@rafaelbermudez1406 10 месяцев назад

The government subsides are not that much. Government grants and loans are small. They only amount enough to cover community College and some state university expenses. It amounts to a tiny fraction compared to what tuitions are nowadays. The loans that people are getting are not directly from the government nor do they have a decent interest rates.

@TheQuickyouknow 10 месяцев назад

@@rafaelbermudez1406 You're missing the point, so let me break it down for you. 1. The total FAFSA aid is not "small". Over the 4 years a student can get up to ~$28k in Pell Grants (~$3.5k per semester), up to $57.5k in loans ($23k of which is subsidized). That's $85.5k of funds that the government makes available to students. 2. That $86k essential becomes a floor of what universities will charge over 4 years. Ironic that you say government aid will only cover community college state schools, that's not a mistake. Before financial aid was implemented community college was free and state universities were cheap af/damn near free (relative to the buying power back then). They basically switched from FREE college to giving us loans and you all are like "THANK YOU, you're so kind". 3. Another reason government aid is so destructive is that the requirements to get approved doesn't take into consideration the person's income potential. If you were to get a private loan, the bank will need to be comfortable that you have the ability to pay it back. If you're broke now and you're going into a career that will make you $40k per year the bank will consider the loan extremely high risk and either deny it or require someone who can afford the loan co-sign not to mention hammer you on the interest rate. With FAFSA, someone can get $57.5k in debt for a liberal arts degree that they won't use, basically starting their adult life underwater. 4. As someone who has worked as staff in a state university, I know 100% there's a ton of fat they can cut in the schools budget to get it down. If the government didn't create this $86k floor, schools would be forced to do what every other business needs to do to stay around, and that's reduce expenses. Universities can easily cut 20% of their staff / switch to better systems and dramatically reduce cost to students without touching a penny of professors' salaries. If someone goes to a private university, then that's on them, even for state schools, the system is destructive.

@TheQuickyouknow 10 месяцев назад

@@richardalvarado-ik9br Those aren't great examples as those are all funded directly by the government with tax dollars. I'm not taking out loans to pay for homeland security. Back when the government funded community colleges and state schools directly from their budget, it actually cost less (even inflation adjusted) and it was free to citizens. Also, I disagree that we spend too much on the military. During times of crisis, the value of our military funding is priceless. The tech we've developed allowed a small country such as Ukraine be able to hold back a super power such as Russia, with a handful of rockets that we spent good tax payer dollars on.

@G2_JP48 11 месяцев назад

College is the only industry that has seen a decline of efficiency/economies of scale over time. As enrollment increased in the 90s and early 2000s, costs per student rose drastically. The problem is that colleges/universities, have become an industry that lined its own pockets at the expense of debt riddled students. The main culprit being buldging back office jobs/support staff at universities rather than professors, as well as wasteful inefficient spending for buildings that were not classrooms. (i.e. luxury dorms and sports facilities). These buildings were often built with massive debt taken out by colleges that necessitated raising tuition. Students instead of looking at amenities should look at ROI for their tuition. What salary will they make for their major of study.

@zacharysalazar7000 11 месяцев назад

You mean the main culprit being student loans being offered and backed by Uncle Sam with no requirement? Of course the schools will charge as much as they want they are being incentivized to do so with no consequences. Students blindly sign on the line hoping they will make $100k when they get out. 😢

@asajayunknown6290 11 месяцев назад

What you are touching on is the fact that higher education is no longer about the education, it's about the "college experience". And is marketed thusly. The goal is to maximize enrollment, not necessarily to produce educated citizens. Covid exposed the fact that the residential campus model, absent a humongous endowment, is not all that viable.

@G2_JP48 11 месяцев назад

@Zachary Salazar ultimately down to the consumer. If they did their homework they wouldn't enroll in these low return programs and tuition would come down

@GirtonOramsay 11 месяцев назад

@@G2_JP48well those consumers are 17 & 18 year olds just starting adulthood and are stressed with this momentous decision. I didn't understand why you wouldn't be certain of your career trajectory before committing 4 yrs of your time to it, but most students jump into the deep end with no clue of their future

@connor_flanigan 11 месяцев назад

"wasteful inefficient spending for buildings that were not classrooms" High Point University (formerly High Point College) has bought about half the commercial real estate in High Point, including 2 shopping centers/malls with no plans of what to do with it. but the president of the school still gets his $3,000,000 + annual salary.

@disneyprincessintraining2725 3 месяца назад

As glad as I am to see these shutdowns of colleges that are inflating costs to an insane degree, I do hope the community college in my city remains. My husband is doing plumbing apprenticeship classes there, and I would love to go back and do an LPN to RN bridge at some point. Plus, the price is very reasonable for both the school part and the trades part

@jc2044 4 месяца назад

Educational institutions often prioritize completion rates, and this emphasis is particularly noticeable in many community colleges. Unfortunately, some colleges neglect to acknowledge the alarming reality that students are graduating from high school without a solid foundation in basic arithmetic, lacking basic critical thinking, and someone detached from the economic reality they will be facing. The open enrollment policy is sometimes used by colleges as an excuse to evade the responsibility of assisting students in identifying their weaknesses. Tools such as placement tests, which could serve as valuable diagnostic instruments, are underutilized in this regard.

@Sublime_37 11 месяцев назад

My 17 year old sister is choosing to become certified through State Farm to sell insurance instead of starting college after her high school graduation. And I offered to move her down where I live to help her attend college but she wants to gain work experience and earn her own money first without taking on tremendous debt so early.

@iamedyson 5 месяцев назад

Smart lady.

@Sublime_37 5 месяцев назад

@@iamedyson I know. I couldn’t be more proud of her.

@crishnaholmes7730 5 месяцев назад

@@Sublime_37how has it been going for you

@made432 3 месяца назад

Tell your sister to start at community college and look up CLEP credits she can earn up to 30 credits and get the remaining 30 at the community college.

@chandlerblachut3878 3 месяца назад

Nice my fiancée is gonna start training with state farm as well. She did 6 years with the air force and now she’s gonna be working for State Farm

@LilannB 11 месяцев назад

When I went to college in the early 1980s it was still a kind of "rite of passage". Everyone went to college and it was more affordable for the middle class. My parents paid for my college no student loans needed. I went to a state school and tuition, room, board and books were about $1500 a semester. Now especially if you go to a private college you can graduate with 10s of thousands in student loan debt. If you do not use your degree or you do not graduate that is a lot of student loan debt weighing young people down for years possibly for decades. People are thinking twice before taking on that amount of debt you can not get rid of in bankruptcy.

@christiansoto9755 5 месяцев назад

10K? try 60K my friend

@squigglefifi6125 4 месяца назад

I can’t go to my dream school bc as an out of state student I’d be landing myself in nearly $300,000 in debt 🫠 (state public school)

@unknownalt5845 4 месяца назад

@@squigglefifi6125thats insane bro. For a bachelor's degree?

@ghenulo 3 месяца назад

A "rite of passage"? To see who could make it out without killing themselves? Also, put on a shirt, ffs!

@TheFishingNomad 3 месяца назад

One of the worst things to happen to American society over the last several decades was the government deciding that everyone deserved to have an unlimited amount of money loaned to them for education.

@curtisthomas-eg4th 3 месяца назад

No, it was when the government decided to privatize public universities.

@ahabjordan 4 месяца назад

People are no more stupid anymore paying too much money and not getting jobs, it’s better to be certified in 2 or three months and get a good paying job in less time and no student loans burden.

@martipw 11 месяцев назад

There are additional things happening. Men have given up on college compared to women. Colleges are run by administrators, not teachers. Tuition costs for anyone not in a STEM major are too high to justify loans.

@mathisnotforthefaintofheart 11 месяцев назад

Interestingly, in STEM the majority is male

@FTBASTAR 11 месяцев назад

A win for males.

@t-bone9215 11 месяцев назад

As a man in stem I totally agree

@jonathanandrew2909 11 месяцев назад

@@mathisnotforthefaintofheartno they’re not. It might be closer to 50:50, but the femalés still dominate.

@lazyhomeowner 11 месяцев назад

and you still have to pay for books and materials

@ericrodriguez5615 11 месяцев назад

You covered the story from multiple but limited angles. There’s the decision to go to college. Many kids are not interested in college anymore. There are many reasons but it goes back to social media and the perception of success. A lot of our current celebrities and “successful” role models have achieved their success without a degree. There’s also the role of colleges has shifted. They have become vocational career centers rather than a place to learn from the best. As such, shopping for a college is like shopping for a stamp on your resume. You don’t go for the love of learning, you go to say “here it is, I’m trained and I went to the best of the best” also why ivy leagues are so popular.

@donjindra 11 месяцев назад

They've become propaganda machines too. Those who truly love learning can learn more online than at any college or university.

@user-rf1nn8sg3f 11 месяцев назад

You don't understand how universities were originally designed. Many didn't admit women or very few women, they were for the brightest and/or wealthy. The brightest students do well in university, prepare for graduate/professional (Law, Medicine, Architecture, Accounting, ect) school and do research to expand our knowledge. The wealthy fund universities, start businesses, hire graduates, have the ability to pay tuition, get connected with each other. They were very selective in who was admitted (rich kids, and bright kids). University is designed to give rich kids a socially acceptable way to waste a few years/prepare for real world. Universities have forgotten the function of wealthy alumni, the hiring, the network, and connecting with corporations, this has been replaced with government student loan programs. Athletic success brings alumni money, even the ivies understand this and spend money on boating, rowing, lacrosse, and other wealthy elite games. You don't see many universities being selective in admits (for $$$ grab). Then there is the research aspect, professors publishing research ect - but that's a different ballgame. Most university professors publish worthless garbage that isn't useful (a few are good though) and teach 1-3 classes. Vocational education is different than university education and is much more efficient (community college, trade school/apprenticeship, employable majors (accounting, nursing, computer science ect) but they are designed to put people into the middle class, university is for the elites. Having more than 15% of US go to university is a waste in my opinion. I'd say we need about 10-15% in university, 15-50% in vocational education, and 50% to just graduate HS. That matches the workers with private/public sector work. I'd also say most kids that go to universities are wasting there time, when you are done with university, you need to keep learning until you retire. Not quit learning after you graduate or barely learn anything while in university.

@joebrewer4529 11 месяцев назад

So about the vapes and the flavors

@julieerin115 11 месяцев назад

@@user-rf1nn8sg3f I like that 15/35/50 concept. And choosing a frivolous major (BA in Medieval History and MA in Medieval Weaponry) is probably a waste of time and money.

@user-rf1nn8sg3f 10 месяцев назад

@@julieerin115 Imagine the university has a large network of people hiring recent graduates, starting businesses, donating to endowment, supporting athletes... The BA in Medieval History can be worth it, not because of the schooling but because of the alumni network.

@Hollowdude15 2 месяца назад

Great video CNBC and I hope I can get in to colleges before all of them close in the future :]

@SteezyKyung 3 месяца назад

I supervise in retail. I work with people who went to 4+ years of college & are $80k+ in debt. They work the same position as me.

@HunkumSpunkum Месяц назад

Yes, but you'll be stuck in the same job until you die......

@ericcartmansh 11 месяцев назад

A bit disappointing that the video didn't cover any of the costs for these colleges to offer a degree. A simple pie chart breaking down what "services" the college offers and the costs associated with it would go a long way towards understanding why these colleges are struggling

@Kamau2012 11 месяцев назад

An unmentioned factor is the schools have failed (at face value). Industries complain the skills gaps are not being filled by students and are getting worse. This issue is a huge factor. Maybe it's why alumni and philanthropists ignore the schools. Ps, the "declining birth rates" might be a factor that's calculated into the closures.

@paolo3349 11 месяцев назад

Its not an accident that all the colleges closed were liberal arts schools. Centers of indoctrination rather than skills acquisition.

@stalbaum 11 месяцев назад

Not in California, where students leave and start entirely new industries that replace old ones.

@chilray4706 11 месяцев назад

this guy failed miserably in his reporting of facts and truth. College is overrated and over-priced. Many have found out that the cost is not worth it. It is a simple business decision. Nothing to do with not enough people ect.. why get yourself in a life time of debt when all you can get in a job market is pouring coffee in some cafe? This does not pay the rent, feed you and the same time or provide for a family. you can do that same job without going into debt. as for mismatch between industries and school. School is not suppose to train you for just one industry unless you are in a specialist field like medicine, law ect.. for the most part, industries who complain and expect them to do this are simply lazy and should start spending the money to hire people and train them. what if this stupid industry goes under? colleges are generalists for good reason.

@Kamau2012 11 месяцев назад

@@stalbaum Good point although California seems overhyped "all" the money and brain power is parked there but the end products doesn't match the capabilities... Just an outsider perspective, I haven't seen any patents of people are working on lol

@stalbaum 11 месяцев назад

@@chilray4706 just keep telling your children that. Our children will turn them into useful cogs.

@PatrickCraig-lh5is 2 месяца назад

Most of our community colleges dropped the word "community" from their names on the lame excuse that they'd adopted at least one four-year bachelor program. The truth is, it was never about community and learning and was always about profit. I was an adjunct at one of these schools for ten years; I constantly saw frustrated, confused students barely passing their courses and often having to take courses over again because of uncaring, incompetent faculty and administrators. You could hear the "cha-ching!" with each repeated course. These places need to shut down.

@theeoneandonlyushygushy 3 месяца назад

after attending college for a year and a half. i'm really not thinking of going back. my classmates then are still unemployed to this day. some are but not in anyway related to their degrees. it's really just pointless.

@itsnlee 11 месяцев назад

It was only from dropping out after 2 years of study that I realised how much of a scam the whole system is. My friends who graduated have careers that are far from their chosen course, barely earning much in comparison to their investment. What is taught in theory serve no purpose in the workplace, and what's worse, most end up wasting 4-5 years of youth rather than learning real skills, building on passions, and gaining life experiences. I hope those in the younger generation don't fall into this trap where degrees are placed on a pedestal.

@micha-fc8lg 9 месяцев назад

4-5 years when your 18-22 are such important years too.. or can be

@alipiodomingo7458 8 месяцев назад

facts

@MD-se8ft 6 месяцев назад

that's why internships are important

@grit1679 5 месяцев назад

Tell me you're a humanities major without telling me you're a humanities major.

@thenorseprincedarksavior7536 5 месяцев назад

Math and Science degrees are highly valued. They are not useless 😂

@eligreg99 11 месяцев назад

The problem with college is you only need 2 years to gain the knowledge you get for a bachelors degree. The first 2 years are a waste of time and would cut costs in half. This system should be changed worldwide

@sumanthaluri8398 11 месяцев назад

I agree, but many colleges use the first two years to allow students to explore different paths they might take. It also gives people with a subpar highschool education to catch up on basics like math/science.

@asanta2023 11 месяцев назад

@@sumanthaluri8398good point. My child felt they learned more in college than in high school. They were able to focus more because it was more of an adult setting and get the help they needed.

@arizvisa 11 месяцев назад

@@sumanthaluri8398 It sure seems effective to use the first two years (where it actually incurs a cost) to explore different paths and catch up on basics. In reality, it sounds like highschool just isn't cutting it.

@KeturaSaint-Fleurose 11 месяцев назад

@@sumanthaluri8398 colleges want to just make more money by adding two extra years

@johnarmstrong472 11 месяцев назад

I thought 4 years was good for me. But back in the old days in Ontario (Canada), we used to have Grade 13, an extra year of high school if you wanted to attend university. I was 19 when I started, and I can't imagine being 18 (or 17 1/2!) starting university! Back then too, 3 year degrees were popular, but when we eliminated grade 13, 3-year degrees were dropped. Now in Canada and the US, I believe only Quebec has students starting at 19, a much better age!

@thielees 3 месяца назад

The biggest problem has been brewing over the past 50 years: tuition inflation greatly outpacing average salary growth. We’ve reached the point where going to college no longer makes financial sense for all but a few departments (e.g., STEM).

@Benjamin1986980 2 месяца назад

This essay omits what I think is a very critical trend, the rise of non-standard college attendees. Business schools used to be able to charge a small fortune for an evening MBA class, but more and more people are going to Phoenix or WGU because you can save 6 digits for the same degree. It's practically standard to go to a community college for your base classes to save money. The exhorbitant costs of colleges are cutting out the cash cow middle that a lot of schools relied on.

@mathisnotforthefaintofheart 11 месяцев назад

Lots of smaller private "good for nothing" colleges closed down. And that created a spike in enrolment in public institutions, where I work. Couple of years back, IIT closed down and that really gave us a boost

@asianguy86 11 месяцев назад

i wonder why Boomers were richer than us without Going to college despite smoking weedsb

@Worldaffairslover 11 месяцев назад

@@asianguy86money went a lot further back then

@asianguy86 11 месяцев назад

@@Worldaffairslover what??? Are you serious they even had lot lot of money for smoking weeds too 🤣🤣🤣 for vhp Tapes too

@frankgrabasse4642 11 месяцев назад

Boomers where richer because they had unions and because the government taxed the snot out of the rich. So money actually trickled down to us. Not stayed with the top

@pep590 11 месяцев назад

@@asianguy86 C'mon Charlie, you know nothing of what you speak of.

@dre5229 11 месяцев назад

As a 2011 college grad I appreciate the success I’ve had so far because of it. However, this system needs to drastically change. I have a 4 year degree that I really only needed 2 years to get the knowledge needed for my career. So many classes are just a waste of time and money. I hope Gen Alpha is treated better it’s their turn.

@andis9076 11 месяцев назад

You nailed it, first 2 years, basically REPEAT everything u already studied in high school, only the last 2 years u learn the major you're interested on, wasting precious time of your life you will never able to recover and huge amount of money in the process.

@robertshelton3796 11 месяцев назад

I did a community college program and have done very well, but as a middle aged man the lack of a full on degree causes concern about my career opportunities later in life

@dre5229 11 месяцев назад

@@andis9076 not even just a repeat but stupid classes too. I wanted to go for Accounting but had to do Business Administration. I had to take 3D Art, religion, even had a class where we talked about art being natural or technology due to emerging AI. And the college justified it by saying “we want to make you a well rounded student”

@dre5229 11 месяцев назад

@@robertshelton3796 I hear you on that one. Almost every position in my office requires at least a Bachelors.

@asajayunknown6290 11 месяцев назад

In defense of Gen Ed classes, one of the things that has served me extremely well from my liberal arts education is the ability to synthesize and write. I work in the actuarial world, full of tech and numbers and nerdy brainiacs. One way I've definitely stood out over the years is my written communication skills. Most of my public university colleagues, that concentrated on things in their major, are awful. The upside for me is I don't have to work very hard to be "exceptional", but I wish more people were better at it.

@lk29392 3 месяца назад

I live in Virginia. A major factor is that a lot of the bigger more prominent state schools are growing enrollment. Some students that traditionally went to other Virginia colleges are now going to Virginia Tech for instance.

@LCCWPresents 4 месяца назад

My university in 2017 was already struggling to bring in new ungraded students. I’m not surprised if pacific university is completely shut down at this point on the undergraduate side.

@kazj1728 11 месяцев назад

A college CFO-type friend of mine said there’s something called the “2025 Cliff”. Basically birth rates dropped significantly after the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, so 17 years later (2025) the number of entering freshmen will drop dramatically. Colleges are well aware this drop will happen, but he anticipates a lot of weaker colleges merging with healthier colleges and, frankly, a lot of weaker colleges simply closing. Also he said there will be more sales to foreign students from China/India who are willing to pay cash for an American degree and don’t use any student aid programs. There are no plans to drop prices to boost demand, as colleges have gotten too comfortable charging 17 year olds Porsche money for a 4-year sociology degree or, better yet, Ferrari money for a 5-year sociology degree. Edit: He also said the rise of now-common sketchy professional certificate courses (eg 12-week certificate in “analytics” from Big Name University extension school) are pure profit centers for colleges; they cost very little overhead and bring in a lot of money.

@CiaranAnything 11 месяцев назад

Yeah, that’s what the video is about…

@youtoobization 11 месяцев назад

Yep, get a college degree with no certainty of a well-paying job but a certainty of paying for a Ferrari for the next how many years.

@robertshelton3796 11 месяцев назад

It's pretty easy: spending 200 grand on a gender studies major doesn't get you employed and the violent hispanic militants invading the country don't need a degree to sling meth or murder kids.

@FairBeautyEssentials 11 месяцев назад

@@betchpuddin4545ALWAYS!!! I don’t mean to downgrade anyone, but do you ever notice the ones with their degree are also / always the dumbest? Always book smart and not street smart (they’re more so survival dumb).

@jacob9673 11 месяцев назад

I went to a big flagship public school for chemical engineering and a “fun” double major, it was still like $8K/year in tuition. Now I’m in my PhD at a well known (HYPSM) private school with free tuition and a $50K/y stipend. I don’t think college is always a bad idea, but it certainly depends. Small, expensive, PUI, private schools should die out because they’re usually for-profit without actually claiming to be for-profit-they benefit the admins. Some examples of this are low-ranked, cash cow schools like St. Olaf in MN, or Liberty university in VA. Major flagship public research institutions (UW:Madison, UMN, UMich, UVA) and top tier private schools (princeton, MIT, Stanford) will be fine, and are more relevant for technological advancement and national competitiveness than ever.

@Simon-tc1mc 11 месяцев назад

If colleges are struggling to stay funded based off tuition and students are struggling to afford tuition, it seems like there is only one logical solution.

@oh-yt9ug 11 месяцев назад

Spend less on military to make schools free

@ptub5257 11 месяцев назад

Streamline from the top down. Administrators make up most of the financial bloat in college and regular schools. Also, shrink the endowments that colleges can hold and use them towards students tuition and materials not for financial managers clout.

@jmoresnr007 11 месяцев назад

The military is honestly not the problem but the cost of education is. Reduce the price and demand will increase.

@SwordOfApollo 11 месяцев назад

You mean impoverishing poorer taxpayers and severely depleting the capital the wealthier ones have to invest in improving the world? How about firing useless DEI administrators and getting rid of grievance studies departments.

@questcore636 11 месяцев назад

@@oh-yt9ug those days are gone, even if it was free kids wouldn't go to college because you no longer learn anything, you learn more doing yourself and watching youtube tutorials than any college has to offer

@fartsommelier 3 месяца назад

when covid hit during my last year of college, i wasnt allowed on campus or able to use any facilities and they still made us pay our full tuition. I hate it here.

@gundamwing9932 4 месяца назад

Colleges were closing down, but not Community Colleges and Vocational Institutions.

@rebeckylee157 3 месяца назад

That’s not entirely true. My local (state-funded) community college had partnered with Rutgers in 2011 and eventually merged into them. Rutgers, in turn, closed down the primary campus of my former community college leaving an empty, vandalized structure falling apart in my neighborhood. This happened shortly after they had added a brand new 15 million dollar NASA wing. It’s such an eyesore to look at given it has been abandoned for over 12 years now. Our local government keeps fighting about what they are going to use the land for, so it remains dilapidated and empty.

@made432 3 месяца назад

Which community college?@@rebeckylee157

@made432 3 месяца назад

I did community college, went to a state school and graduated debt free. I make over 280k a year as an engineer. I know of some parents who are upper middle class like myself and they refuse to send their kids to community college. They think it is beneath them. Their kids have to go to NYU, Villanova, Swathmore College, etc... Whats wrong with state schools?! You get the same education and work alongside the same people in the workforce.

@rogercarroll8764 11 месяцев назад

There were too many colleges to begin with. Student loans were always a scam and helped the college industry stay alive. You don't need to attend a brick-mortar college. Only medical school needs attendance in a physical building. I got a technical diploma from a correspondence school, and never felt disadvanted.

@mr.top10creation79 11 месяцев назад

Can anyone tell which college give 100 scholarship on Sat score. I am outsider hard to find and even don't know range of sat to get 100 tuition off . Its 1350 ,1400,1450 . Name the college for cs

@asianguy86 11 месяцев назад

@@mr.top10creation79 not possible 🤣🤣🤣

@donjindra 11 месяцев назад

Exactly. Colleges and universities are dinosaurs. They've outlived their usefulness and have become counterproductive.

@MLGDatBoi 11 месяцев назад

@@mr.top10creation79 USC gives you full tuition if you do well on the PSAT(and get into USC), which is similar to the SAT. You'll need to score in the 99th percentile to be eligible. Look up the National Merit Scholarship. You'll just be paying for housing and food. All 4 years. Their computer science program has amazing placement in Silicon Valley.

@CatholicTraditional 11 месяцев назад

@@MLGDatBoiThe PSAT is just the Preliminary SAT.

@izodman 11 месяцев назад

Looking back at my college years to life in the workforce,college curriculums may want to reconsider pairing the courses needed for jobs, teaching the skills needed whether you are self employed or employed by a company. There are far too many elective courses that serve no purpose but for school’s profit and put you debt and you are able to apply in the workforce.

@MrDecessus 11 месяцев назад

They serve no purpose for you, if you went to college you should have learned that what may not be important to you could be a definitely good direction for others. Simple minds need simple answers it seems.

@JSK010 11 месяцев назад

He is clearly talking about himself?

@HH-le1vi 11 месяцев назад

@@MrDecessusif you're an engineering major, there's no need for you to take half the humanities and elective courses you're forced to. I don't need to know art history to be an engineer but I have to take a similar type of class to get the degree. It's nonsense

@dycedargselderbrother5353 11 месяцев назад

@@HH-le1vi Tell me about it. The worst was that I was able to shuffle the schedule around so that I basically had nothing but relevant STEM classes at first but then the last year was hell on earth as I took a bunch of degree cleanup classes full of freshmen. It's even more pointless when you're about to graduate and you have to take "comparative philosophies of literary figures" when you're wishing you could be in another 4000-level math class.

@andrewbrand200 Месяц назад

Used to work in a small liberal arts college in West Virginia. It is in the middle of nowhere and the closest city is Pittsburgh which is 150 miles away. The town where the college is located has only one Kroger and one Walmart. No museum, no shopping malls, no Starbucks, no galleries, no theatres. I was Associate Professor. I was paid 55,000 dollars annually, no dental insurance. The living cost there is not cheap at all. The people working in the college literarily do not know anything outside West Virginia. Nothing. Zero. They tried to enroll international students but messed up with their slogan "International Students Don't Bite" in their International Student Festival (It is true). The ceiling in my office was broken and never repaired because of lack of fund. I worked hard not to contribute to the college but to build my skill set to get out of there. I made it. Now, I live in a big city with a very nice house working in a good public university. I was paid much better. The city has a lot of malls, museums, markets, galleries, a NBA team whose stadium is 25 minutes away from my house (I have been a huge NBA fan since teenage years). Its international airport is 20 minutes away from my house and I can go to Europe nonstop in ten hours and most of the major cities in the US and quite a few international major cities nonstop. I cannot think of any reason I stay in my previous institution in West Virginia. As mentioned above, all my hard work there is for the hope to get me out of there. I am so glad and proud that I made it. It has been my biggest accomplishment so far.

@r5t6y7u8 Месяц назад

"International Students Don't Bite" LMAO NO WAY. 🤣🤣 That just made my day. 😁 Anyway, I'm from a farm town in southeast PA and went to Penn State chiefly to get the bleep out. Nice town to be from, but I had to leave.

@andrewbrand200 Месяц назад

Thanks for the comment. I've been to PA quite a bit and I have been to Penn State as well. Very nice campus! I went to Ohio State by the way 🙂@@r5t6y7u8

@josephspruill1212 2 месяца назад

I go to a trade school cause colleges make you take extra courses for no reason. Why do I need to take English for cnc machinist?!.

@oldtechie6834 11 месяцев назад

You spent 4 years attending college. You owe $200k in student loan. You cannot find a job in your field of study. You juggle 2 gig jobs earning less than minimum pay. You have zero chance of ever paying off your student loan. This is why young people give up on going to university.

@malibudolphin3109 11 месяцев назад

Should never get loan for school. Pay as you go. Don't go to high priced schools.

@BizzeeB 10 месяцев назад

I've worked in higher education for nearly 20 years. There are far too many people going to college nowadays, people who would be better served by vocational/trade school, or by just entering the workforce directly. Yet we continue to indoctrinate parents (and, by extension, their children), that a college education is "the way to a better future" for EVERYONE. At the private, for-profit schools (a few of which, sadly, I've worked for), enrollment is deceptive and predatory. Young people end up taking out loans they can't repay for degrees they can't use. If you are not going into a major that directly relates to a job, please, please just go to a community college or a state-run school - the quality of education is no different, and at the very least you will not graduate with a loan that will hound you until you are dead (and quite possibly even after).

@josephgiulini9711 9 месяцев назад

Its not just "the way to a better future" as.you mention, but many companies refuse to consider people for upper level jobs without having a four year degree, even if they have many years of experience. Its a very short sighted way of thinking

@kaylaEA_ 9 месяцев назад

@@josephgiulini9711But this used to be the case. On the job experience used to be used in lieu of a degree for those willing to start entry level abc work their way up. But now entry level requires a degree and experience and comes with $40k a year.

@matthewcaldwell8100 8 месяцев назад

You're talking about this as if vocational training and community colleges aren't tied debt boulders around students as well. This is not an educational problem, it's an economic problem.

@YoutubeModeratorsSuckMyBalls 8 месяцев назад

The problem is deeper than you think, genius. I do agree with the point that some people must go to community college. The point here is that every person wants good quality life good job. Life is unfair, then why do you expect people to be fair? Everyone tries to succeed as they can yes majority fails, and so the economy. Problem is with capitalism itself. In the West, rich and wealthy people are favoured, rich don't want to use their wealth to help the economy of their country, instead they brag about how f...king lucky and blessed they are through movies and magazines. Ofc people will seek prestigious universities and try their best to live such life, and you know what? It is totally legitimate, people have right to seek any aim they wznt, even if in the future it will lead to catastrophe. In the West, economical situation is basically unfair, and they want people to act fairly and rationally, whereas some blessed and priviliged group are allowed to act unfairly. Do you understand what i am trying to say?

@Apolloxl 8 месяцев назад

No there’s a very limited amount of good paying jobs with too many people competing to get one so they weed out as many people as they can by requiring years of experience and higher degrees.

@dfausti66 3 месяца назад

As someone who completed their course work in a doctoral program along with three chapters in their dissertation before my school (a private for-profit school) closed and then using the experience for my dissertation investigation proved invaluable to me. My study investigates "How people get through life challenges with a ten-dimensional ecosystem of support" with thirty people who experienced the life challenge of the school filing for bankruptcy during their dissertation study. - Coping skills of faith, personal change management, immersion (focused depth), empowerment motivation, and endurance conditioning; - Resources (tangible and intangible) - Relationship Depth (mentoring support and accessibility) Each of these areas exists for people going through life challenges in ten life dimensions: emotional, social, cultural, intellectual, environmental (personal and public), political, economic, physical, and recreational which all exist within a spiritual atmosphere.

@rutoojinn 3 месяца назад

This is music to my ears. Colleges shouldn't cost a lifetime of debt...

@OM-or3im 11 месяцев назад

I just graduated from a top private school with my second masters (career changer mid life) and i can say it was the worst school of the three schools i attended in my life years ago (one public for BA and one private for MA). Education has gone downhill big time and my previous schools were far from top ten before.

@x77punk77x 11 месяцев назад

What specifically was weaker about this institution?

@IssanCaliRefugee 11 месяцев назад

I too decided on a mid life career change and went back for my MA. I couldn't believe how much the academic standards had changed. 2 floors of the uni library were full of students and I couldn't get a seat. Then I saw people walking around monitoring them, and heard they were all in study hall. They'd all fallen below a 2.0 GPA and were on academic probation. Colleges used to carefully select only those who wanted to learn. Seeing as how Uncle Sam's been cutting the checks, now they'll take anyone with a pulse.

@ByWayOfDeception 9 месяцев назад

@@IssanCaliRefugee Study hall.... in college. Insanity. Times have changed. No more double secret probation and expulsion no matter what you do.

@mht5875 9 месяцев назад

@@IssanCaliRefugee I agree, college really does need to be for serious students only, I was one of them. Those who go to college only to seek the "social experience", ie, getting smashed until Kingdom Come and never showing up to class on time if at all, should forget about applying for college.

@paolaanimator 11 месяцев назад

I'd say it's the insane college tuition prices and terrible job market post-pandemic. What got to me is post-graduation, the job search was so difficult. The internships, networking, career counseling advices, and small projects on the side helped to land me the job. My guess is that post-pandemic job searches made things more difficult. I'm not sure if I'll be able to pursue a Master's degree with the high costs. If I'm going to study again, I'd rather pay for online or local classes like coding bootcamps, since by then I'd have some money saved up to afford these classes and get certified. Another issue, I feel like the time studying in college couldn't keep up with fast advances in tech. So in my mind it makes more sense to go to a bootcamp for a few months and get a certificate that way, it's time and money saved. I love University, I had a great experience, but it's thanks to the scholarships that made my college experience less stressful and being debt free. If it weren't for the scholarships, I'd probably skipped college due to fear of being in huge amounts of debt. I have family relatives who are currently paying off college debt and it's a huge debt.

@CrossRoadsOfTime 11 месяцев назад

this is the same reason I didn't go on past my associate degree. I saw the writing on the wall when i was looking at their course planners for higher level stuff. so much classes that I needed to take before I could even properly start the major, and then the classes they had on the major was really stuff that you could pick up in a boot camp in a few months instead of years they where talking. not to mention the fact they didn't talk about any programing language but rather how to document and flow chart and all the stuff that goes around it. So I'd really be no better at being able to actually do the deed just better at making it look like I could. I also enjoyed most of my time at the uni but it was really a waste of time and money. when the boot camps would of taught me what I needed. I found some companies even offer free bootcamps as having more people used to using their product means they can sell more of it to the buisnesses so they look t it as an advertising cost.

@onyx2783 2 месяца назад

Choosing a college in the most expensive city in the country so you can visit a public park on the weekends or study at a particular coffee shop. What a sound method of decision making.

@rolfaalto 3 дня назад

Moderately paid academic here -- the basic problem is that most schools have a ridiculous amount of administrative staff, with the higher levels earning rock star salaries. If you sacked most of the non-teaching staff the finances would be so much better!

@eforde2 11 месяцев назад

I taught at 7 colleges in 45 years. The biggest expense I had as a Dean was the costs of technology, computers, software, tech classrooms and staff. We didn't need this before 1995. It's a killer.

@callmeosho7792 11 месяцев назад

You didnt need staff before 1995?

@sonsflower 11 месяцев назад

@@callmeosho7792 there has been an increase in staff.

@mathisnotforthefaintofheart 11 месяцев назад

But an increase in IT expenses is not only for colleges. What do you think of companies? Hospitals?

@mr.top10creation79 11 месяцев назад

Can anyone tell which college give 100 scholarship on Sat score. I am outsider hard to find and even don't know range of sat to get 100 tuition off . Its 1350 ,1400,1450 . Name the college for cs

@katykayvideos 11 месяцев назад

IT existed before 95 and it was more expensive then, and the best software is free. Also, IT when properly used should bring down expenses.

@PanteraRossa 11 месяцев назад

The value of a college degree is eroding while the cost of getting one is skyrocketing. It's pretty basic to see how unsustainable it is to overeducate a population that has less and less prospects of getting a return on that investment. It's sad but I realized this by my junior year when I was missing classes a lot due to getting job opportunities through summer trade programs where I learned video editing, and I saw that my peers who were dedicated and getting better grades at the four year program where struggling to find any opportunities in our field of study and working minimum wage unrelated jobs just to stay enrolled. Makes no sense, but I'm glad I chose to make my own path and follow my intuition and took the work instead of wasting more time and money I didn't really have. No matter how much judgment and grief you get from friends, students, and your parents. Trades and skills are ultimately what is gonna pay your bills, you can still hook up and binge drink on weekends without getting into six figure debt after all. It's not like overpriced schools are the only place to be social and meet people and form deep relationships.

@justjackie4394 11 месяцев назад

What summer trade programs offer an opportunity to learn video editing?

@PanteraRossa 11 месяцев назад

@@justjackie4394 I guess it wasn't a "program" per se, it was just a course I took on advanced editing techniques taught by a SVA instructor that had been mentoring me in high school. I was self taught when I got into this afterschool youth film program by HBO and met him. So the summer before starting college I took this 4 week course at SVA. Funnily enough the people I took it with had already graduated college but yeah from that I got to basically edit lots of thesis films and stuff even though I wasn't even eligible to take advanced film classes yet, and that led to paid work once those older kids graduated. There are still continuing education courses like that offering actionable skillsets you can make money from on day one. NYUSPS is one, later on I took this Master the Workflow online course that prepared me for working in high budget film and TV editing. And it was only 1500 dollars. Literally paid itself off the first week of a job I got right after.

@jasminecontreras7341 11 месяцев назад

@@PanteraRossa what you said was really inspiring. I’ve been seriously considering learning video and film editing after going to community college for 2 years and changing my major so many times and still not knowing what to do after leaving college. Can this 1500 online course be taken without any prereqs? How else do you recommend learning video editing? I’ve read about the multiple ways it can be done online but it would be great to hear from someone that’s actually doing it if you don’t mind sharing?

@AR7271 11 месяцев назад

@@jasminecontreras7341 don't do it!

@NTJedi 11 месяцев назад

College degrees have less and less value for corporations every year.... it's all about who has the skills and experience and NOT who has a fancy paper from a university.

@kakashi0429 3 месяца назад

Happened to me. My MBA. Transfered to another school after the school closed. Three classes away and Covid happened. Still c9nsiderimg finishing but ROI at this point makes no sense.

@ForNoOne1981 3 месяца назад

I’m hoping this crunch makes post-secondary institutions more adult learning friendly and not degree factories for 18-22 year olds. By which, I mean I can build, say a mathematics degree over 7 or 8 years just taking one class a semester, but not have to retake courses I took 20 years ago, like English 101.

@tabbies 17 дней назад

I was looking at my local cc and lack of evening classes is a bummer

@jiggeplaya7182 11 месяцев назад

I learned a trade in the military, went to trade school, then had the GI Bill pay for my college. I graduated with honors but found college to be the most useless out of my path. I think people are waking up and it’s about time.

@RioluLucario1994 11 месяцев назад

It's the same with me. I have 8 years in the Navy and have a rate that will directly translate to civilian/GS side. I have 18 months left before my EAOS, and my GI Bill is more of a last resort than a plan A. Nice to know my college will be paid for if I decide to go, but I already have a trade and certifications

@LB-yg2br 11 месяцев назад

Depends on what you go to school for. I got a degree in philosophy before I joined the navy and became a navy nuclear submarine officer. I couldn’t put a price on the critical thinking skills or life skills my degree allowed me to attain.

@0IIIIII 11 месяцев назад

And how much do you make a year? Let’s see some numbers and proof

@jiggeplaya7182 11 месяцев назад

@@0IIIIII 🤔 I do just fine, worry about your own numbers & proof.

@mamejoe2043 11 месяцев назад

College is never useless it depends on the degree you are getting. How can you compare music studies with oncology it is different you can't compare with engineering subjects also and a lot more. I think it is high time Americans take a closer look at some of the damage you are causing by saying college is useless but instead choose a course that is career-wise or don't condemn college at all. Take a closer look at Canada and you will know the difference they want their citizens to enjoy education and even international students as well. We all need to be accountable for our actions when it comes to our countries am not from the States but am sure there is a lot of harm done even citizens put a lot of stuff online which mist was not how it is.

@vickidash-slesinski746 10 месяцев назад

In high school I had 2 years of business training. While serving in the Army I took college courses at universities near where ever I was stationed, taking courses that would be accepted in any major. Then after leaving the Army went to community college taking the courses that Robert Morris University would accept. Then transferred in as a Junior. As a veteran I received a state grant covering half of my tuition and the GI Bill covered the rest. I also worked at various jobs and RMU hired me as an RA in the dorm which paid my room and board and I made extra money as a tutor and lifeguard. I also thank my parents for providing me a place to live during this journey and I didn’t ask for any money, although my Dad and brother kept my car running. I didn’t go to a prestigious university like Harvard or Yale, but had an excellent education. I always said that Accounting 101 is the same regardless of the school you attend. I had a great career due to hard work and now carry a title of Consulting Director. I also want to add that people should not dismiss trade schools. My son decided that college wasn’t for him. He went to Thaddeus Stevens Technology College for a year to study Construction Electronics. He is doing very well in his career.

@aaronfield7899 8 месяцев назад

Why didn't you go to west point instead?

@crishnaholmes7730 5 месяцев назад

Did you get scholarships for me being a ra

@nancyroberts8749 4 месяца назад

Only two people from each state each year are selected to enter for one reason.@@aaronfield7899

@jburron 4 месяца назад

True. When looking at colleges my son and I sat in on an Econ class at Cornell. It was exactly the same class I took 30 years earlier in a local community college. Price tag was quite different. Contacts immensely different, I guess.

@dittohead7425 4 месяца назад

I believe west point is by appointment. Medal of Honor recipients dependents can automatically get in.

@essel23fly 4 месяца назад

If you’re trying to be street smart wanting to turn a dollar into two then you don’t need college. But that’s hard for many, in the long run it’s better to be educated and it will be easier to accumulate wealth in the long run with a career than having to struggle. Of course you need to choose a career that has earning potential.

@user-gw3or5qr3e 2 месяца назад

the more the better!!! this is great news!! a lot students enrolling in college are not mature / educated enough to be making this choice at their age. personally i wish i waited to go to school until i had more life experience.