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the photo and the first frame of the youtube video are from columbia (in ny). kind of ironic since elite schools probably aren't facing these issues. >Accordin

the photo and the first frame of the youtube video are from columbia (in ny). kind of ironic since elite schools probably aren't facing these issues. >According to Moody’s, in the next few years the closure rate for non-profit, U.S. private colleges will climb to around 15 a year—triple what it was in 2014. you know what kind of editorializing of titles i'd like? one that puts the lede front and center. there are 1687[1] private nonprofit unis in the US. so this is a rate of less than 1% a year. is that really alarming? [1] https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2019-02-15/how-many-universities-are-in-the-us-and-why-that-number-is-changing https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2019...

oska 7y ago
Happy to get pushback on this article submission. I did take note of the source (China Global Television Network) but the thesis presented of demographic change and increased wariness about taking on debt seemed plausible.
wwweston 7y ago
It's still an odd statistic if the demand for college-as-credential is holding strong or rising. Likely explanation: demographic dip. The demand for a credential is still high (perhaps even rising), but the number of college age students is either in a local dip or downward trend. And the value of a small college has always been marginal, so that's where the leading edge of the trend hits. Enrollment falls, tuition receipts with it, public funding is strained, the institution closes.
ArtWomb 7y ago
Elite research universities are definitely seeing constraints. Or, alternately speaking, theoretical physical and life sciences experiments are getting extremely expensive ;) I think the college of the future looks a lot like USC Film School. It's virtually identical to a production quality film or television studio. But tuition, room and board plus stipend will all be provided in part via corporate sponsorship or government funding. Product development exists symbiotically with research as "pure" funding is priced out, even by the wealthiest of donors Dominate the Fight: The Army's Synthetic Training Environment (USC-ICT) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWrquTLhMDU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWrquTLhMDU
- killjoywashere 7y ago
  Ah, I've been wondering where all these slow training videos with atrocious, uncanny-valley NPCs in uniform come from.

oska 7y ago

Happy to get pushback on this article submission. I did take note of the source (China Global Television Network) but the thesis presented of demographic change and increased wariness about taking on debt seemed plausible.

wwweston 7y ago

It's still an odd statistic if the demand for college-as-credential is holding strong or rising. Likely explanation: demographic dip. The demand for a credential is still high (perhaps even rising), but the number of college age students is either in a local dip or downward trend. And the value of a small college has always been marginal, so that's where the leading edge of the trend hits. Enrollment falls, tuition receipts with it, public funding is strained, the institution closes.

ArtWomb 7y ago

Elite research universities are definitely seeing constraints. Or, alternately speaking, theoretical physical and life sciences experiments are getting extremely expensive ;) I think the college of the future looks a lot like USC Film School. It's virtually identical to a production quality film or television studio. But tuition, room and board plus stipend will all be provided in part via corporate sponsorship or government funding. Product development exists symbiotically with research as "pure" funding is priced out, even by the wealthiest of donors Dominate the Fight: The Army's Synthetic Training Environment (USC-ICT) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWrquTLhMDU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWrquTLhMDU

killjoywashere 7y ago
Ah, I've been wondering where all these slow training videos with atrocious, uncanny-valley NPCs in uniform come from.