(10-03-2018 12:28 PM)cosine4 Wrote:  We took my HS senior daughter to a local college fair last night. There were tables from a lot of big schools that surprised me how far away they were. However even with UF and FSU being there, the longest lines were at USF and UCF who are both busting at the seams (45k and 67k students respectively).

It boggles my mind being so close to Chicago that we are declining.

Unfortunately enrollment challenges is a common theme across our rust belt, the Michigan schools (and WMU) included.

I think nowadays, kids are more open to attending school multiple states away than a generation ago. With social media, Facetime, texting, etc., families can feel more "connected" now across the miles than they used to be.

And having lived for a couple years near UCF, that area sure gets mighty attractive during the upcoming months as we slip further into cold grayness up here.