Preparing for the 2025 Enrollment Cliff and Other Higher Ed Challenges

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As a parent, helping my kids shop for colleges, we are only looking into institutions that partner with corporations that will build a bridge to a career after they earn their degree. We aren't the only ones taking this approach. Also, why aren't colleges giving priority enrollment to local students to ease the demand on the campus housing to avoid creating a homeless student population? That is a way to keep college affordable (paying full price for tuition, maintaining operating costs for the college) if you have kids living at home while attending as a commuter student. That would allow colleges to retain more students while keeping budgets in tact. That is a win-win for the college and students.