Fewer kids are going to college because they say it costs too much
3/16/21
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from CNBC,
3/14/21:
A growing number of would-be undergraduates are opting out of college.
The pandemic has accelerated the problem of affordability.
“…high school senior Jason Neuharth, 18 was adamant on going to college — this was going to be my future,” he said.
But the last 12 months of largely staying home and attending school in person only a few days a week left Neuharth with lots of time to reconsider, he said.
“I grew up with not a lot of money and that was a fear of mine — the money,” he said. “I would not be able to feasibly pay for college.”
Instead, Neuharth enlisted in the National Guard with an eight-year commitment. “This second option, this get-out-of-jail-free card, which was the military, seemed like a no-brainer.”
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