i think that there are colleges in trouble because they can’t get enough warm bodies to enroll and/or they don’t manage their budgets well.
Many are fielding athletic teams that are big money losers to the tune of millions of dollars every year (im not talking about big Div 1 schools that have successful football teams that are funding the schools’ entire athletic programs)
We shouldn’t be surprised to see that some colleges are struggling. we see stores, restaurants, etc, struggling and closing all the time. sometimes it’s the product, sometimes poor money management, etc. Colleges are no different.
we know that many privates have inflated tuition rates posted because many of them also give vanity scholarships to flatter nearly every acceptee.
States need to do a better job funding their public colleges and universities. They’ve been starving them for decades.
i have no sympathies for those opting for pricey OOS publics. It those prices want to be sky-high then fine. UCLA can charge OOS $100k per year for all I care. those paying that are making a luxury choice. No OOS or int’l student “needs” to go to UCLA or similar schools.