This story also appeared in The Washington Post WORCESTER, Mass. — Only bird songs penetrate the silence on the neatly tended but deserted grounds of Becker College. A sign on the registrar’s office gives a web address for students who need their transcripts; another, on the locked door of the bookstore, advertises half-off keychains, drinkware, … Continue reading Colleges face reckoning as plummeting birthrate worsens enrollment declines