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Colleges scramble to recruit students as nationwide enrollment plunges

4 points| cfield | 3 years ago |washingtonpost.com

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giantg2|3 years ago

Paywall.

But let me guess, drastically reducing tuition isn't something they're doting to attract students.

nh23423fefe|3 years ago

Don't guess and add zero value.

> Recently, IUP cut tuition to woo in-state students. Those who take a full-time load of 15 units per semester will be charged $7,716 in the next school year — 19 percent lower than the sticker price this year.

version_five|3 years ago

Is there any evidence that tuition is actually preventing greater university enrollment? I know it's hard for some people to pay, but is it a bottleneck, or are capacity or interests or other things more relevant to enrollment numbers. The sibling comment that they have tried lowering tuition suggests it's not the bottleneck, which is not surprising to me.