Over the past seven years, 91 private colleges in the U.S. have closed, merged with another school, or announced plans to close, CNBC reported, citing analysis of data from Higher Ed Dive. The analysis found that about half of these schools closed after the COVID-19 outbreak.
As the great George Carlin noted, “It’s one big club and you ain’t in it.” Looks like Chadwick Chesterton III may have to actually study to get into Harvard. Chesterton is a fictitious name meant to identify one of those preppy college students who seemed to know exactly which Ivy League school he’d be attending...
College-educated adults in the U.S.—many of whom have advanced degrees—are playing a major role in the growing trend to unionize across the U.S. The New York Times spoke with several of these employees in the service sector who see the growth of unions a positive development in their careers. These are relatively low-paid workers who work...
Does going to college in America cost more than it is worth? Many dentists, veterinarians, and chiropractors in the U.S. face increasingly large bills for their professional degrees that have led some potential students to look for other careers. And those in rural communities are being hit the hardest and being drastically underserved, according to...
A recent study found that fewer U.S. high school students see themselves attending a four-year university on graduation, a drop of 20 percent in the past eight months, according to a report from the ECMG Group. CNBC, citing the ECMC Group’s report, stated 53 percent of high schoolers polled said they plan on attending the...
In February, when schools across America began to close down, we warned of a college crash. Not only did we forecast that once-prosperous college towns would become the “Rust Belt 2.0’s,” we noted many colleges would go broke and close down. Now, colleges across the U.S. are taking drastic measures to survive the economic hit...