Scenes from the College Meltdown
Partly because COVID led many graduating high school students to defer applying to college last year, this year’s college application numbers set a record. This may turn out to be a last hurrah for the old college model, however, as colleges are on the brink of a demographic cliff. The decline in the U.S. birth rate that accelerated during the housing finance crash of 2008 is expected to diminish the pool of college-bound students starting in the next few years. And if Democrats succeed in making community colleges and state colleges cheaper or free, how will private tuition-dependent colleges fare? Likely not well.
University of Iowa President Harreld has given $480K to campus during tenure
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University of Iowa President Harreld said he always wanted to donate his deferred comp to campus
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Montgomery: Tourist spending in the state dropped 20% last year at the height of pandemic lockdowns and business closings, but Alabama fared better than most during the coronavirus crisis, state tourism officials said. A statement from the Alabama Tourism Department said a travel consulting firm found a nationwide decline of 42% in travel expenditures, but the state’s decrease wasn’t as bad because spending was robust in Baldwin County, where the beach towns of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach are located. State beaches, historically Alabama’s top tourist draw, were shut down early in the pandemic but reopened as the summer travel season was beginning. “Baldwin County’s success is all the more remarkable when you factor in that the beaches were closed for six we
Iowa governor urges residents to get vaccines as demand falls in 43 of 99 counties
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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has urged residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as more than 40% of the state s counties are seeing a decrease in demand for doses.
Out of Iowa s 99 counties, 43 have declined some or all of their vaccine allotment for next week so that supply doesn t exceed the current demand, Reynolds said Wednesday during a press briefing.
The declined doses will be reallocated to more populous counties and metro areas where demand is still high, the governor added.