Yeah, the verbiage used here is kind of weird. Like ... you can abandon a kitten on the side of the road. But if you're not going to college, you're not abandoning something that needs you as a steward to watch over it and keep it safe. Why are men electing to not go to college? That's better.
Of course your statement is interesting because I have a story to go with it. I went to a publicly funded university starting back in 2003. I had zero problem getting in. Meanwhile, I know a family friend who went to the same university after I had graduated. I want to say around 2011. He had some problems getting it. It wasn't grades or ability to pay. They wanted to try and get more out of state students because they could charge them more. So they sat on their hands until they got as many out of state students as they were going to get for that year. And after that when they still had some spots open they gave the green flag for the family friend. Kind of feels like college was threatening to do the abandoning in this particular instance.
Of course your statement is interesting because I have a story to go with it. I went to a publicly funded university starting back in 2003. I had zero problem getting in. Meanwhile, I know a family friend who went to the same university after I had graduated. I want to say around 2011. He had some problems getting it. It wasn't grades or ability to pay. They wanted to try and get more out of state students because they could charge them more. So they sat on their hands until they got as many out of state students as they were going to get for that year. And after that when they still had some spots open they gave the green flag for the family friend. Kind of feels like college was threatening to do the abandoning in this particular instance.