Comments on: U.S. higher education is going to muddle through https://www.isegoria.net/2024/12/u-s-higher-education-is-going-to-muddle-through/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Wed, 27 May 2026 16:29:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Bob Sykes https://www.isegoria.net/2024/12/u-s-higher-education-is-going-to-muddle-through/comment-page-1/#comment-3730497 Bob Sykes Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:43:42 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=52398#comment-3730497 The bigger long term problem is the declining number of white 18 year-olds. The decline is absolute, not relative. They are the primary consumers of college. So fewer students means fewer colleges, especially small, private, liberal arts colleges.

The good colleges will survive, and many of them might thrive. The bad colleges also might survive, but only by converting to essentially open admissions.

Of course the elite schools like the Ivies and some public schools will thrive, because one of their functions is to network the children of the Ruling Class, so that they can take their rightful places in society. One thinks of Medieval kings fostering the sons of the nobles.

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