US Department of Education Fails to Recognize College Meltdown
Dahn Shaulis dahneshaulis@gmail.com The Department of Education's predictions about college enrollment may overestimate the number of students in 2023 by 5-7 million. At what point will President Donald Trump's Department of Education realize that US higher education is facing dramatic losses in enrollment, and that their rosy projections are so wrong? According to the National Student Clearinghouse , higher education enrollment has declined by 2.4 million students since 2010-2011. And the greatest losses have come from community colleges , which have experienced a 1.6 million student decline. The US Department of Education, however, projects a consistent upward trend in enrollment despite acknowledging consistent losses from 2011 to 2015. Optimistic analysts suggest that the enrollment declines are the result of an improved economy, where jobs are more prevalent. But this pollyanna analysis belies the underlying problems in higher education and the greater economy that ...