Lower enrollment, lower revenues, higher student loan interest.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/trumps-education-department-fails-recognize-college-meltdown-shaulis
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Former faculty, you are correct that enrollment was once close to 500,000. The last reported public release showed about 140,000, but the quarterly new enrollment is now around 18,000. My best guess is that UOP will level out at enrollment of 60,000 to 80,000 students. It is a real shame because the academic model was good. The problems stemmed from the executive compensation plan for campus directors and the RVPs creating pressures that led to what is included in the investigative reports.
The colleges today are more concerned with teaching a political agenda that teaching useful information. The latest college age generation is more interested in receiving free hand outs and living off of other people's money than working hard and earning their own living.
I taught at UoP quite a while during the "best of Phoenix" --- and hate to see what's happening to it.
Anyone know what enrollment is down to? I was there at the height, when we were approaching 500K --- (with the wrong student body of course)
Meltdown of a few for-profits for sure. Enrollment is down at public universities in my state because we are at full employment. And it seems the current generation is not as motivated to matriculate as were previous generations. Add this up and it means more intense competition for fewer students. The majors will always do well; it is the lessor tier schools that will find it challenging, especially for-profit institutions.