- falsification of research results from academic researchers

- tuition increases at double the cost of living (inflation) increases...and a majority of people not able to pay these tuitions

- fewer jobs available that require a university degree and credentials

- loss of "intellectual authority" due to changes in public opinion (conservative leaning) and AI technology gains in authority

- evidence of large scale financial mismanagement and poor decision-making: my college has hired and fired 3 presidents in the past 10 years and now pays a salary all of them

- inability to keep curricula up to date relative to the rapidly changing world

- fewer academic researchers willing to teach

- higher quality programs at community colleges at much lower tuitions with better teachers

- public scandals about celebrities "buying" entrance to elite schools by cheating on exams

- public scandals about students using AI to do their work for them

- COVID changes and realizations of how colleges really work when stressed

- ...and much more