Are There Too Many Colleges In The USA?

August 20-2007:

Are There Too Many Colleges In The USA Currently?

This question has bugged me for several years now. And I am yet to come to any realization for the need of so many colleges and universities within the USA currently.

Granted, getting a college education today within the USA can be extremely expensive. Tuition alone eats up the bulk of one's finances, not to mention course work materials, professor's personal book recommendations for research work assignments, computer ownership, live in or dorm expenses for full time (four year students), who have to live on campus during his or her college years.
Then there is the personal expenses for daily snacks, stationery, recreational activities, and personal telephone bills. And for those who are heavily dependent on Grants, Federal Aid packages, and Bank loans, this could be very distressing indeed.

Then deciding which college provides what course that is related, or what to do afterwards as his or her vocation, is major factor in determining what college provides that leeway. And colleges by and large have become factories, that churn out thousands of graduates every two or four years within this economy.

Just how many of these graduates get related, relevant, or decent paying employment, that provides benefits, and incomes that would allow for the re-payment of these hefty loans owed to banks?

And be able to provide some livelihood for themselves, without worrying when they would be free of these college debts is un-knowable!

Derryck S. Griffith.
Educator-Advocate & Blogger.