Coronavirus Pushes Higher Education to the Brink

[Coach Andy Mac]

The coronavirus has already dealt a vicious blow to key sectors of the U.S. economy. If the pandemic drags on into the fall, though, it’s likely to devastate yet another area that has so far escaped with minimal damage: higher education.

The problems confronting the nation’s colleges and universities long predate today’s crisis. But if current trends continue, the pandemic is likely to act as a catalyst for a historic reckoning that may transform the delivery of higher education in this country.

read more:  https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-04-04/coronavirus-u-s-colleges-and-universities-reach-breaking-point

 

[Salsa_Verde]

The bigger schools should be able to weather the storm. It’s the small liberal arts colleges that will and have been going under way before the pandemic that are in real trouble.

[MCMLXXX]

Closure of 50% of Colleges prediction that pre dates Covid-19 crisis. 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelhorn/2018/12/13/will-half-of-all-colleges-really-close-in-the-next-decade/#33eb113552e5