Kansas City Colleges Enjoy Comeback

But first here's our pet theory . . .

All that talk from the Internets telling youngsters: "You don't need college" was nothing more than just another online trick.

In fact . . . Even a cursory guide to salaries and career options reveal some kind of higher education requirement for higher paying gigs. 

Our TKC conspiracy theory: Middle-class people tell po'folk to skip college because they want to hire better manual labor workers and don't want anybody competing with their youngsters for the cushy jobs. 

Discouraging OTHER PEOPLE'S KIDS is probably some kind evolutionary trait that persists in the modern era.

Meanwhile . . .

Here's the local public radio station spreading university gospel given that the broadcast from the city college campus . . . Check-it . . .

The University of Missouri-Kansas City just ushered in its biggest-ever freshman class with more than 1,350 students. That’s the second year in a row the university has broken its enrollment record.

William Jewell College, Rockhurst University, the University of Missouri-Columbia, and Johnson County Community College are also celebrating record-high student numbers.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Kansas City area colleges start the school year with some of their biggest classes ever

Nearly every college and university in the Kansas City area is seeing record-high enrollment rates. Some schools attribute their success to making college more accessible to lower-income and nontraditional students, while others credit the campus atmosphere.

Related . . .

Heading to college? At some Missouri schools, you won't even have to apply

Some public and private colleges in Missouri are sending graduating high school seniors acceptance letters even though the students never applied. The direct admission program is in seven Missouri schools this semester.

Developing . . .