NPR is reporting that there were one million fewer students in college since covid began and in our opinion the situation may not improve.
More than 1 million fewer students are enrolled in college now than before the pandemic began. According to new data released Thursday, U.S. colleges and universities saw a drop of nearly 500,000 undergraduate students in the fall of 2021, continuing a historic decline that began the previous fall.
NPR.ORG
We wrote right after the Christmas holiday, University Apocalypse 2025, that one of our family members works in recruiting for a university and the numbers and future look bleak for student recruitment and the ecosystem that feeds off of it.
We have been researching investment opportunities and clearly took note of Navient’s recent settlement and write off of $1.85 billion in student loans.
More than 400,000 student loan borrowers will get some debt relief from Navient, according to a $1.85 billion settlement agreement announced Thursday.
CNN.com
Navient stock didn’t seem to take a hit from the announcement however that doesn’t mean that it won’t have a problem over the next few years. Clearly we will avoid this stock given the circumstances but anything can happen but we may decide to gamble and buy long dated puts into January 2024 if we can find an under-priced put option. We’ll check and monitor the options market and keep you posted.
Stay tuned and stay solvent…
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