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> Part of the problem is demographics. > The number of high school seniors is dropping – dramatically in some parts of the country Are we headed for inverted
by wyldfire 7y ago
> Part of the problem is demographics.
> The number of high school seniors is dropping – dramatically in some parts of the country
Are we headed for inverted pyramid like Japan?
- toomuchtodo 7y agoYes. All developed countries are. Most of Africa is holding the fertility rate above replacement rate, but as they develop, education and birth control is wildly available, you'll see the fertility rate decline there as well. https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2014/02/World-population-by-level-of-fertility-without-projections.png https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2014/02/World-population-... https://ourworldindata.org/fertility-rate https://ourworldindata.org/fertility-rate Disclaimer: Our World In Data is in non-profit YC19 batch.
- kingkawn 7y agoI love imagining birth control being “wildly” available
- toomuchtodo 7y agoI'm going to let my typo stand! There should be no shame in any type of consensual sexual activity.
- kingkawn 7y agoA wonderful typo, I meant no snark or admonishment
- toomuchtodo 7y agoNone assumed!
- tetraca 7y agoDepending on where your waste water is dumped, it is.
- gibolt 7y agoThe other problem is ballooning administration and the associated costs. The administration can run it into the ground and be unwilling to trim their unnecessary colleagues/selves, preferring to no longer exist or allow their hired professors to provide a valuable service
- jonathankoren 7y agoThis isn't true. The main driver of the growth of public education costs is legislative funding cuts. As government has stopped paying for higher education, this cost has been shifted to families, making what once was affordable, increasingly unaffordable. This crisis is is the result of choices we've made. https://www.savingforcollege.com/article/how-do-state-funding-cuts-affect-tuition-inflation https://www.savingforcollege.com/article/how-do-state-fundin... https://www.apmreports.org/story/2019/02/25/government-college-funding-cuts https://www.apmreports.org/story/2019/02/25/government-colle... https://www.cbpp.org/research/state-budget-and-tax/funding-down-tuition-up https://www.cbpp.org/research/state-budget-and-tax/funding-d...
- matchbok 7y agoGov does not pay for private colleges.
- notfromhere 7y agoIt indirectly does via loan guarantees
- L-four 7y agoHahahaha good one.
- killjoywashere 7y agoYeah, take a look at University Affiliated Research Centers if you think Stanford and MIT do not receive federal dollars. They compete with McKinsey for highest hourly rate.
- Nition 7y agoHopefully. The world could do with a few less people and infinite-growth economics was never a truly reasonable proposition anyway.
- WhompingWindows 7y agoIt's likely, but not for certain. The demographics will change depending on death rates, birth rates, and immigration, all three of which could change depending on a multitude of factors. At the current rate, we already have somewhat of an inverted pyramid -- the boomers are a massive generation and their loss will heavily influence American society.