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The new home for Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago, called A School in Motion. The Catholic Theological Union has cleverly bundled together a beehive of academic drones. |
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| Saving Planet Earth while smoking weed. |
50.7% of college applicants to Cook County's 98 universities were admitted for fall 2022
Among the institutions that provided disclosed enrollment data, University of Illinois Chicago stood out with the largest enrollment at the time, welcoming 33,747 students.
U.S. college enrollment has been in a downward trend since peaking at around 18.1 million students in 2010. Recent increases offered some relief, but experts project a steeper decline in 2025.
This decline is likely due to two main factors. First, the pool of young adults is shrinking as birth rates have fallen nearly 23% between 2007 and 2022. Second, the rising cost of higher education, including skyrocketing student loan debt. A 2023 Wall Street Journal report shows that more than half of Americans think a four-year degree is not worth the cost.
NCES shows that enrollment data was not available for 19 institutions in Cook County, including Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, National Latino Education Institute and Catholic Theological Union at Chicago.
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GJ - The registrars know that telling everyone about their enrollment shrinkage will only drive away more potential students. Online studies have also kept many at home to earn money.
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| No, I don't follow Notre Dame football. |
I drove 100 miles round trip for Notre Dame studies, which were free. Waterloo Seminary was $150 tuition for the first year, and married housing was very inexpensive. LSTC tuition!!!!
WELS and LCMS bragged about their DMin degrees from Fuller Seminary, a higher number than their own seminaries. This accelerated the downfall of both sects - and the ELCA as well.
ELCA Shrinking and Merging Seminaries -
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