News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Americans' confidence in higher education has taken a nosedive. Parent comment

Re:Americans' confidence in higher education has taken a nos... by geodel on Wednesday July 17, 2024 @11:31PM (#40992253)
It is like saying people are eating less at restaurants in last few years yet Michelin star restaurants have 3 months waitlist.

Obviously top rated stuff has high demand and low supply. Further if students are finding lower rank universities less worth the money, many of them would try even harder to get in higher ranked ones.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Americans' confidence in higher education has taken a nos... by p1esk on Thursday July 18, 2024 @12:12AM (#40992447)
Is confidence in good schools rising?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Americans' confidence in higher education has taken a nos... by geodel on Thursday July 18, 2024 @10:07AM (#40995708)
Your comment above indicate that.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Americans' confidence in higher education has taken a nos... by p1esk on Thursday July 18, 2024 @11:19AM (#40996388)
Not necessarily. As others said, could be caused by increasing number of applications per applicant, or foreign students. Or maybe increasingly important reasons to graduate from top school that have nothing to do with actual education. If in 5 years AI can do most jobs better than humans, how can a middle class young adult advance up the social ladder?
[ Parent | on HN ]