Why your college could go bankrupt

The Week ^ | 02/15/2013 | Blaire Briody

[2banana]

Change the rules so that college loans are able to be discharged in bankruptcy?

Change the rules so that college loans are NOT guaranteed by the government?

Why your college could go bankrupt

[Paladin2]

"He was a hitch hiker for thirty years."

Around the Galaxy?

[9YearLurker]

So colleges are starting to consolidate, but it is the smaller ones that will be in better shape?

[glorgau]

"Why would someone pay tens of thousands of dollars..."

For k-12 it's called property taxes.

[tbw2]

A dramatic reducing in the number of tenured professors would be a good thing. And schools that inflate tuition to pay superstar professors who hardly step in a classroom are the most likely to go bankrupt.
Better yet, they go bankrupt, cancel all tenure contracts and reorganize with cheaper professors and fewer junk classes for students.