Slightly OT: Higher Education in America

[upstater]

Trends to keep in mind while fantasizing about conference formation:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...hey-weather-the-storm/?utm_term=.f417f4d53995

Higher Ed, Lower Spending: As States Cut Back, Where Has the Money Gone? - Education Next

Both articles/studies make the case that schools are becoming increasingly cash-strapped because of enormous decreases in funding.

 

[whaler11]

Right or wrong the market is rejecting the current higher ed model.

Dead man walking.

UConn might be the single most tone deaf institution in the country. The BOT folding to the grad student union....

They may as well campaign against the school’s funding.

 

[upstater]

Right or wrong the market is rejecting the current higher ed model.

Dead man walking.

Rejecting mid and lower tier privates.

But not rejecting publics. Harder than ever to get into those.

The problem is those are being hollowed out from the inside.

 

[whaler11]

Rejecting mid and lower tier privates.

But not rejecting publics. Harder than ever to get into those.

The problem is those are being hollowed out from the inside.

Yeah the market is rejecting those through their November votes.