I think they're whitewashing over the fact that most colleges and universities are more interested in practicing DEI/CRT/SEL, and prospective students know this now, and are less inclined to attend such centers of "higher learning." And once Gen Alpha starts coming of age, that issue will deepen the financial issues these institutions are facing. From what I've seen, Gen Alpha may as well be Gen X Light, with the exception that these kids are damn near full aware of the bullshit happening in their schools and aren't falling for it like Gen X and the Millennials and Gen Z did. That pendulum is starting to swing back the other way.
My daughter is very smart, both mentally and emotionally, and doesn't even want to attend any traditional school. She's been homeschooled now, starting her fourth year of it, is so far ahead of her age/peer group scholastically and emotionally, that she understands she doesn't even need a trade school if she's willing to self educate, which she is doing at a very high level now. She wants to be an artist of some type, so has been taking lessons (on her own) to teach herself how to digitally draw and animate. Her goal is to be an animator making her own stories, and she's already working on a project that should go online in a few months. Not gonna say what the project is, but if it's successful, she'll quickly be making the type of money that will set herself up for a very good living. (She's stated that her goal is to make enough money that I won't have to work anymore. As a single father, she's seen and lived thru the struggles and wants to make our lives easier.) And she isn't even 14 yet! I will say though, that this project she has isn't like the mindless drivel we see today in the animated arts. This one is educational in nature...the type of education we don't see in our schools (wink-wink).
I think they're whitewashing over the fact that most colleges and universities are more interested in practicing DEI/CRT/SEL, and prospective students know this now, and are less inclined to attend such centers of "higher learning." And once Gen Alpha starts coming of age, that issue will deepen the financial issues these institutions are facing. From what I've seen, Gen Alpha may as well be Gen X Light, with the exception that these kids are damn near full aware of the bullshit happening in their schools and aren't falling for it like Gen X and the Millennials and Gen Z did. That pendulum is starting to swing back the other way.
My daughter is very smart, both mentally and emotionally, and doesn't even want to attend any traditional school. She's been homeschooled now, starting her fourth year of it, is so far ahead of her age/peer group scholastically and emotionally, that she understands she doesn't even need a trade school if she's willing to self educate, which she is doing at a very high level now. She wants to be an artist of some type, so has been taking lessons (on her own) to teach herself how to digitally draw and animate. Her goal is to be an animator making her own stories, and she's already working on a project that should go online in a few months. Not gonna say what the project is, but if it's successful, she'll quickly be making the type of money that will set herself up for a very good living. (She's stated that her goal is to make enough money that I won't have to work anymore. As a single father, she's seen and lived thru the struggles and wants to make our lives easier.) And she isn't even 14 yet! I will say though, that this project she has isn't like the mindless drivel we see today in the animated arts. This one is educational in nature...the type of education we don't see in our schools (wink-wink).