NYU professor: 'Hundreds, if not thousands' of universities will soon be 'walking dead'

Campus Reform ^ | 06/27/2020 | Maria Copeland

[rockrr]

As colleges attempt to recover from the pandemic and prepare for future semesters, a New York University professor estimates that the next 5-10 years will see one to two thousand schools going out of business.

This is the best news I've read in a month of Sundays.

[blackdog]

When the product you sell is of no value, overpriced, drawing down on your lifetime earnings, and is in oversupply, your days are few in the near future.

Call them "Srawling Monuments to FASFA". The joke that was adult daycare for $50K per year, all at no cost up front, is what American Universities are. Zero down daycare for young adults.

[Soul of the South]

End government subsidies of colleges and universities. Reallocate the funding to helping states create a world class network of two year vocational schools.

[cyclotic]

3 of my 4 kids have college degrees. The fourth is a trucker. He loves his job and is equivalent in income to two of the other three.

The other one went into aerospace engineering. His college was a small private geek school with none of the pathologies evident in the big universities.

[blackdog]

Yes good news, but unfortunately the academic elites will not let this feeding trough go empty. I predict it won’t be long until young adults are forced to attend and pay for these indoctrination camps. They are just figuring out how to pull it off, or “sell it”.

[Lisbon1940]

They should keep the tier two and eliminate the ones.

[dsc]

“Ultimately, online ‘universities’ without ‘bricks and mortar’ expenses can and will win this battle.”

I have a question about that. How is one to confirm that the students have learned the material, and more, that they understand it well enough to apply it in the real world?

I have taken some correspondence-type courses, in the military and the private sector, and it seemed like it would be impossible to fail whether one learned anything or not.

It always felt to me like taking an “open-book test” with unlimited time.

[deport]

The universe and the world is ever changing. Look at some
of the catastrophes involving Earth. Thus as time goes on
adaption becomes necessary for the future.

Planet Earth has went thru a lot and will in the future.
Beings will adapt or become extinct. Those that adapt
will set the ever changing course of history. JMO

[BrexitBen]

The trades are going to be in heavy demand in the near future.

If I was young, I’d definitely pursue trade school, instead of my worthless, hugely expensive, college degree.

[Lurkinanloomin]

many colleges are likely to suffer to the point of eventual extinction
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Could be the only thing that saves us.

Colleges today train our young to hate America and embrace communism.

[yetidog]

I hope the disaster extends to college athletics particularly football where institutional reputation is a function of wins on the field. College football is a scandal, corrupt and completely unnecessary as an adjunct to higher education. Witness the situation currently being revealed at Texas A&M and other notable state universities.

[cyclotic]

Me too.

[az wildkitten]

1977 U of AZ College of Nursing Grad. Worked my way through starting at Micky D’s followed by Nursing Assistant at night. The leftist indoctrination was very strong in Nursing and required undergrad requirements. I managed to work 20 to 30 hours a week, graduated at the top of my class of 200+, and was selected Student Nurse of the Year in the state (All schools including ASU, NAU and numerous community college programs). Not bragging, it wasn’t that hard to fool the ELITE.

[blackdog]

Graduate high school. Get into a trade apprenticeship. Get your licence in that trade. Get a job in that trade. Go to college at nights and on-line.

Now you are a plumber or electrician that has a solid reputation and can run your own business. The college degree is just fluff for the local bankers and country club membership board.

[EEGator]

Hopefully your other two will learn in time, and find what they want.(if they haven’t already)

[beethovenfan]

Let the college-age kids learn a trade and be of some use to society.

[robowombat]

“Hey Mom And Dad, I’ve decided to go to NYU for a degree in philosophy!”

That is very interesting Jimmy. Can you tell your mother and me how understanding Kant’s Theory of Space will help you find a job other than at the car wash.

[jmaroneps37]

Just when you get tempted to be down good news like this pops up.

[Ouchthatonehurt]

I agree with the author.
A large number of the universities that will fail were already on life support.

[PAR35]

As insurance ruined the health care system, loans have ruined the higher education system.