Education expert predicts 25% of colleges will fail/close in the next 20 years

They should get ahead of this.

Closed campuses could be repurposed or sold to private investors.

Could easily close half of the ones in Louisiana. Do it tomorrow and send those liberal professors to work for Starbucks where they belong

Sounds like a good start.

What percentage of small private schools (especially in the South) are athletes? I was talking to a buddy who works for one of these type schools and his description of the finances of many of these institutions was startling. He said the exact same thing.

The small liberal arts colleges are on the bubble to face the worst. Now that everyone goes to college, there is less of a desire for the English major who studies the classics but maybe attends law school. Specialized degrees are favored. A solid foundation in western studies helps develop critical thinking, but these schools have too often gone mad. They go so far left as to be nearly antisocial, and produce graduates that are misfits outside of an academic environment.

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Education expert predicts 25% of colleges will fail/close in the next 20 years

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I hear things.

LSUS too MF

This will hit the South, but not as heavy as the Midwest and Northeast. Every little town in Ohio and Pennsylvania has a small college.

In Louisiana, Places like Holy Cross and OLOL are going to be hit hard, with the Centenary’s and LC type schools struggling through.

In Mississippi, I don’t see how Rust, Tougaloo and Blue Mountain make it. Belhaven is a miniature Liberty- they have built their online programs up enough that they can take a hit, but Millsaps may be looking for a merger.

The smaller public colleges are going to have to merge, plain and simple. What that plan looks like is unclear. Mississippi University for Women is 25 miles from MSU. They have very good nursing and culinary programs that could stay housed there, but I don’t think they can keep their athletic teams and such.