Loan Losers

Time to pay up, kids:

The high cost of higher education, along with the one-sided liberal worldview taught at many colleges and universities, are among the reasons more young people are declining the college experience or taking online courses. Online courses predictably increased during the pandemic but have only slightly declined since then. According to Inside Higher Ed: "In the 2022-23 academic year, a little over half of U.S. students - 53 percent - were enrolled in at least one online course, according to National Center for Education Statistics data. That dipped from 2021's fall enrollment, which counted 59 percent of students online in some way." With the constant rising cost of a college education, it is safe to predict more young people will explore other options, including online. Good credit - meaning you paid your bills and other obligations on time, living within your means - used to be related to one's character. In our entitlement age, people who sign agreements when taking out a loan are effectively being told they shouldn't be expected to keep their promise. What other responsibilities do they think they should be able to shirk?

There's no such thing as a free educational ride...