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Unique-Public-8594 t1_ix81z7g wrote

Save You the Click Summary:

Enrollment is about to drop because of declining birth rates about 18 years ago.

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My take: overly dramatic title. Sounds like it will just get much easier to get in that’s all…

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IamSauerKraut t1_ix89vdn wrote

If it causes a decline in tuition costs and the disappearance of predatory loan schemes then it is not a bad thing.

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Metaheavymetal t1_ix8ctdh wrote

>decline in tuition costs

Ahahhahaa, oh man, hahahaha

If the application rate drops by 20% expect the tuition rate to increase by 30% the next year, if you are lucky.

ETA: Also, once the bubble really bursts, expect a coupe trillion dollara of tax payer money going to bail out the ivy league schools because Harvard is too big to fail. But at the same time, do not expect your tax dollars to lay for your own tuition, thats socialism.

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axeville t1_ix8fz22 wrote

Harvard endowment is the size of a Latin American country gnp they don't need tuition to keep the lights on. But others are a fraction of that size and are dependent heavily on parents cash flow.

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IamSauerKraut t1_ix8hmag wrote

I'm more worried about the PSSHE schools. Yanno, the places the regular kids go to.

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Unique-Public-8594 t1_ix8ells wrote

Applications might decrease. That just means they would accept (for example) 25% of applicants instead of 5%. Enrollment would stay the same.

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Tina_Las_Vegas t1_ix9hohv wrote

This will never impact an Ivy League school. They all have MASSIVE endowments and will continue to because their wealthy Alumni base will continue to donate and foot the bill. This is a major issue for small state schools though because their alumni don’t have the extra cash to donate back.

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ktappe t1_ix8fx9c wrote

Wrong take. Schools are going to go out of business.

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kworkbos t1_ix8jsg1 wrote

they'll just be bought up by other schools; turned into dorms or research facilities.

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thisonelife83 t1_ixay3eg wrote

Sometimes they (small colleges) are bought to raid the endowment funds. There was a WSJ article about this a few months ago. One college targeted specific criteria to purchase as a satellite campus. They found one in CA with a decent endowment and land worth $100M. They basically paid nothing for the college. Due to declining enrollment the college didn’t see a way forward.

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kworkbos t1_ixczi6u wrote

ugh, you're absolutely right. Boston University bought (edit: merged) a small college recently; I just looked them up and now B.U. is 'managing' the $46 million endowment that the former (Wheelock) had. Bastards!

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