Michigan college president explains innovative way colleges are driving down costs

Adrian College President Jeffrey Docking explained to Fox News Digital on Wednesday how a growing number of colleges are driving down costs in higher learning It's too expensive students are taking on too much debt Even upper middle class families are saying we don't know if we can do this anymore And things are really falling apart at a lot of different schools right now Docking reported The for-profit company Rize Instruction acts as a middleman for a course-sharing platform that allows colleges to work together to offer online classes Docking argued that rising higher coaching costs are due to inefficiency and a lack of institutions working together to drive down costs like other industries in the private sector He originated the idea of curriculum sharing to allow universities to share professors avoiding the cost of hiring faculty UC SAN DIEGO OVERVIEW FINDS ALARMING DROP IN FRESHMEN MATH SKILLS WITH ONE IN EIGHT BELOW MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL If you're teaching German at Adrian College and there's other colleges and universities within a hundred-mile radius and they all have a German professor you have too multiple German professors for the number of students that are majoring in German he explained So why don't you just have one or two German professors that share with the other schools and drive down that cost It allows you to start new majors We've just started new academic programs and added one professor Docking built the company in with two Harvard graduates Kevin Harrington and Connor McCarthy after he convinced them to relocate from New York City to the middle of nowhere Adrian Michigan a small town about an hour away from Detroit at driving distance Harrington and McCarthy worked at Adrian as assistants to Docking to learn about the business behind the higher mentoring sector Harrington CEO and co-founder of Rize and McCarthy grew the company to employees Five years ago there were seven colleges using Rize and as of now there are almost colleges using it and the number is projected to grow Five years ago we had roughly kids taking classes through this shared arrangement with other colleges This year will be well over Docking commented HARVARD FACULTY EXPRESSED AID FOR PROSPECTIVE LEFT-WING POLITICAL VIOLENCE DURING PANELOver students at Adrian College share classes with other colleges according to Docking Students would take classes the traditional way in person then take a curriculum at another c -accredited college I had a presence all over the United States that required to get in on this and I realized oh we've got something here Docking stated Fox News Digital Harrington narrated Fox News Digital that schools added over new academic programs and career pathways at th of the cost meaning costs for students can be decreased as these colleges expand and improve what they offer to students Since the platform has been so productive Docking was invited to testify before the House Guidance and Workforce Committee on Nov during a hearing titled The Future of College Harnessing Innovation to Improve Outcomes and Lower Costs at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington D C WHY ELITE COLLEGES FEAR TRUMP AND MCMAHON'S NEW ACADEMIC COMPACT TYING FUNDING TO FREE SPEECHDocking was among four viewers to discuss innovative approaches they announced would lower candidate debt and improve employment outcomes for college students I think the reason I was invited to the committee is instead of just acknowledging this we did something about it And we noted that we need to take decisive action and make several big changes to drive down the cost of schooling Docking reported Fox News Digital College tuition has increased tremendously over the years and forced students into debt During the fourth quarter of candidate loan balances stood at trillion according to content from the New York Federal Reserve College costs have been a growing issue in the U S prompting countless to find solutions Docking co-authored a book titled Situation in Higher Mentoring A Plan to Save Small Liberal Arts Colleges in America and is attributed to bolstering the school's sports programs and doubling enrollment at Adrian College since he started working there in Now the institution is offering more majors Ever since Adrian College formed a partnership with Rize the institution has launched majors minors and certificates in business mechanism engineering and healthcare The negative implications for a democracy like ours are just profound over the long term We need an educated population when we start to whittle away at that because it's too expensive we're all going to pay a price