Education, demographics: Even graduate degree programs are flat topping
With nearly half of Master degrees having a negative ROI, university grad programs are about to get hit hard, particularly due to the smaller young population.
Demographics: University of Memphis enrollment decline
The fertility rate collapse is starting to show up in college admissions, as expected.
Demographics: No one rides a bike to school anymore
As kids, we rode our bikes to school – and everywhere else. I continued to ride to college and my work, all the way up to about age 30 (then…
Education Demographics: 1 in 3 college students are immigrants or children of immigrants
nearly 30 percent of all students enrolled in colleges and universities in 2018, hailed from immigrant families, up from 20 percent in 2000. …. These students, most of them nonwhite,…
Education: In many countries a Bachelor’s degree is 3 years, not four
In the U.S. students are required to take “general education” or “core” requirements – and 4 years or more becomes the standard duration of an undergraduate degree. In much of…
Education: Bachelor degrees by sex and major
Bachelor degrees, by sex, and major – this is just a partial list. Chart of the Day: Female Shares of Bachelor’s Degrees by Field, 1971 to 2019 | American Enterprise…
Education: 43% of Masters degree programs lead to negative return on investment
Most students never consider a financial return on investment calculation when considering their selected field of study or the college they will attend. 43% of Masters programs leave students financially…
Demographics: Seattle may close 1/4th of their elementary schools
Seattle Schools OKs proposal that could close 20 elementary schools | The Seattle Times This is partially due to the demographic decline, but also due to incompetent school district financial…
Education: “Spoiled and entitled kids cosplaying at being revolutionaries”
The "spoiled and entitled kids cosplaying at being revolutionaries".
Education: Study hours/week falls to 14 hours
Full time college students average 14 hours of study per week, down from 24 hours in 1961.