<p>Maybe for those outside the Top 20 or so.</p>
<p>i dunno. With state u’s either limiting enrollment, raising tuitions, and increasing OOS enrollment (which effectively takes low cost slots off the table) I think a bunch of students who otherwise would have studied LA at state U are going to be looking at private colleges (including LACs) and will need to go further down the ladder than otherwise.</p>
<p>Also,for those students who want that kind of education, but want a technical major, a lot of LACs are now offering a 3+2 model with a univ that offers engineering. An innovative business model, though I dont know how it works out for those students.</p>
<p>The Boomer Echo has peaked. Incomes have stagnanted. More girls attending than boys.
LAC’s are too small to support infrastructures and attract faculty. Wealth aren’t donating. Schools are buying students and bidding up student aid.</p>
<p>so I asked a while ago which colleges have closed recently</p>
<p>and all I got was South eastern U in DC and Dana in Nebraska</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/966502-what-universities-have-died-lately.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/966502-what-universities-have-died-lately.html</a></p>
<p>Okay, maybe it was the baby boom echo keeping them alive. OTOH the bottom of the economy was in 2009. I wonder why this collapse is taking so long.</p>
<p>Ths US dollar is trading at a 52-week low and it might make a new closing low today - looks very likely. Look around at currency rates - I’m astonished that the $AUS is trading at 1.05 $USD. I remember when it was something like 0.48. This means that lots of overseas parents can send their kids to US LACs for less money than ever.</p>
<p>I’m continually amazed at how much money Americans have. There are lots and lots without it but a relative just sold a condo for a bit under half a million in a Boston suburb. Quickly.</p>