"The world is rapidly evolving — and so is the college experience."
Srivastava is one of a soaring number of Gen Zers who has decided to skip college altogether.
The widening gap between the value and the cost of college has started to shift Gen Z's attitude toward higher education.
They're not as interested in the typical "college experience" — whiling away four years rooming with friends and drinking at frat parties.
But other members of Gen Z are taking a hard look at the "essence" of college.
Persons:
Rushil Srivastava, you'll, Srivastava, he's, Gen Zers, haven't, millennials, Gen Xers, Nora Taets, James Connor, Connor, they're, —, Richard Saller, Saller, COVID, Meghan Reinhold, Reinhold, hasn't, María Gorgojo, Gen Z, Gen, Charlotte Lytton
Organizations:
UC Berkeley, Pew Research Center, Higher Education Authority, Pew, Iowa State University, of Computing, Data Science, Society ., School of Business, Information Technology, San Francisco Bay University, Harvard, Marymount University, Stanford University, Miami University of Ohio, Arizona State
Locations:
San, San Francisco, Silicon, COVID, Berkeley, Arizona, London