Warren holds up confirmation of a Biden pick at Education Department

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66. Due to Demographics

The pool of available college age students is declining; gen X was smaller than the boomers and therefore their (my) kids' numbers have dropped. This has created the opposite effect you are talking about. More prestigious (expensive schools for the most part) have not seen a drop in the number of applicants but the other lesser know institutions have.

My son's state affiliated university head count has declined by several thousand students in the last 5 years of so. That may not sound like much but that's about $10-15k a head in revenue it's lost over each semester. That cascades though the system decreasing revenue to the university and its surrounding community. Education programs were cut and teachers were let go.

Personally, I'm not looking to eliminate the "college" experience. Go have some fun before the world beats your ass into submission. Paraphrasing my old roommate as we were discussing our college bound kids futures; let's hope they never figure out what we did to them.