US Dept. of Education & Moody’s Investor Services maintain that college closings will triple while mergers double “in the coming years” according to the MSNBC piece cited in the original post in this thread.
Also attuned to MBA programs which are pricing themselves out-of-reach for most aspirants. Large corps. offer in house universities like Strayer University & utilize University of Phoenix (just check out Morgan Stanley for number of hires & employees with University of Phoenix degrees).
The top 10 MBA full time 2 year programs cost over $200,000 for tuition, fees, room & board in addition to students sacrificing two years of income in order to attend school. Total cost = approximately $400,000 for a full time MBA from a top program when lost opportunity cost (lost wages).