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Among high school graduates, the proportion going straight to college has fallen, from a peak of 70% in 2016 to 62% in 2022, the most recent year for which the figure is available.

75%: ‘Most college educations aren’t preparing people at all for their jobs’ 91%: ‘It costs more to on-board and train recent graduates versus more experienced employees’ (69%: ‘It ...

It was a shock for a state that in 2014 made community college free, leading to a surge in the college-going rate. Now it’s at its lowest point since at least 2009.

The reasons for the drop in college-going have been widely discussed — declining birth rates, the widespread immediate availability of jobs, greater public skepticism of the need for higher education — but the potential long-term effects of it have gotten less attention. The United States has fallen from third to 12th since 2000 among the 38 member nations of the Organisation for Economic ...

The escalating cost of college and ballooning student debt have influenced the shift in attitudes about higher education.

While enrollment numbers ticked slightly upwards in 2022 and 2023, the overall effect of the pandemic on college enrollment is lingering. 4) Rising Tuition Costs and Doubts Regarding the “Value” of a College Degree. The average college tuition cost increased yet again during the 2023-2024 academic year across both public and private schools ...

New data shows that student participation in high-impact practices at research institutions has yet to fully rebound after COVID-19–related shutdowns. Higher education professionals have noted that today’s students are less engaged than previous classes. Many experts attribute this shift to the lack of socialization caused by COVID-19 stay-at-home orders.

College enrollments have steadily been declining over the past decade. This is a cause of great concern, says Adjunct Lecturer Chris Gabrieli, not just for the prospects of a person’s future but for all of society. “College going and college completion are associated with many, many positives. People are more likely to vote.

Americans are increasingly dubious about the need to go to college. Fewer than 1 in 3 adults now say a degree is worth the cost, according to a survey by the nonprofit Strada Education Network ...

College tuition has skyrocketed over the past few decades. Between 1980 and 2020, the price of attending college in the U.S. jumped by more than 1,200%. 3 That’s substantially faster than the nation’s inflation or wage growth. As a result, students must pay higher tuition than ever before, while also having less buying power than ...

Innovative Solutions. To survive, colleges are exploring creative solutions. Some are lowering tuition to attract more applicants. In 2025, Hartwick College, for example, reduced its tuition from ...

More than 1 million fewer students are enrolled in college now than before the pandemic began. According to new data released Thursday, U.S. colleges and universities saw a drop of nearly 500,000 ...

Both groups ranked job training as more valuable than college, but the non-degree group was especially critical of higher education, ranking the 4-year college experience 15 points lower in value ...

It is not going to become less popular. It is going to become the new high school diploma. People are getting high school diplomas that can’t read, write, or do basic arithmetic. The high school diploma used to be a requirement for jobs, because it meant you finished something. Now, it is meaning less and less. College, will become the new ...

This "demographic cliff" has been predicted ever since Americans started having fewer babies at the advent of the Great Recession around the end of 2007 — a falling birth rate that has not recovered since, except for a slight blip after the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.. Demographers say it will finally arrive nationwide in the fall of this year.

But after weeks of student protests, the number ended up being 28 majors (nearly one-fifth of its undergraduate majors) and 143 faculty (a 13.5 percent reduction) instead.

Toby Bordelon: College enrollment dropped again this past fall, fall of 2021, according to the New York Times, enrollment dropped 3.1% from 2020. When you go back to 2019, the fall of semester, a ...

Abron earned a college degree before becoming a teacher, ... The very trends that are making universities less popular are also making higher education more vitally important than ever."

Young college graduates have grown cynical on the value of their college degree, with nearly half of Gen Z considering it a "waste of money." Getty Images. Rankings. 100 Best Companies;