Colleges Caused Their Own Demographic Nightmare
American colleges and universities are panicking, for good reason.
TL;DR
- Enrollment in American colleges is dropping due to a declining number of college-aged individuals.
- Colleges are contributing to this crisis by promoting delayed adulthood, marriage, and family formation through extended education and significant student debt.
- Modern college environments often create expectations of luxury, making the financial sacrifices of starting a family seem less appealing.
- Certain academic ideologies, including individualism-focused feminism and workism, steer individuals away from traditional family structures and motherhood.
- The combination of these factors leads to lower birth rates and a shrinking pool of future students.