Four universities in Taiwan to close due to dip in enrolment (www.straitstimes.com)
from alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to world@lemmy.world on 08 Jun 2024 14:10
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jet@hackertalks.com on 08 Jun 2024 14:13 next collapse

How young are the university kids? They can’t be more than 12 years old

ABCDE@lemmy.world on 08 Jun 2024 14:46 collapse

… Why? The picture is a high school though.

jet@hackertalks.com on 08 Jun 2024 16:35 collapse

The title of the article says University,

ABCDE@lemmy.world on 09 Jun 2024 03:04 collapse

Actually read the article.

Toes@ani.social on 08 Jun 2024 14:29 next collapse

If they are willing to give me a full scholarship with a place to stay I’ll go.

zabadoh@ani.social on 08 Jun 2024 15:28 next collapse

Yes, that’s happening in all advanced countries due to declining birth rates.

Happytongue@lemm.ee on 09 Jun 2024 18:50 collapse

Hardly. A lot more reasons than can be squeezed into one. Taiwan needs to prepare to defend against China is a reason, but is also just one of many.

d00ery@lemmy.world on 09 Jun 2024 20:02 collapse

About 728 students from the four universities have been reassigned to other school … the impact on private schools will be greater, considering the lack of students and the preference for public schools.

It’s 4 rather small private universities. Doesn’t seem like any great loss to me.