Aram Zucker-Scharff

More High School Grads Decide College Isn’t Worth It:

As colleges put themselves deeper in debt on the assumption of increasing enrollment (and increase tuition accordingly), enrollment begins to drop. Put a pin in it, here’s where the pressure increases on the higher ed bubble and the pop begins. 

Universities are soon to get an education on just how much the market can bear. 

The saddest way to default on your student loan: If a parent or grandparent cosigns a private student loan and then dies, banks can demand that you pay up immediately.

Buried in a story about how it is just as easy as it used to be to get into college is a quiet notification of the impending burst of the Higher Ed bubble:

“The number of American high school seniors is shrinking, having peaked in 2011. At the same time, according to Noodle’s data, the number of seats at competitive colleges has grown faster than the total pool of qualified applicants”