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Category: The College Enrollment Crash

Posted inHigher Education

Another million adults ‘have stepped off the path to the middle class’

by Jon Marcus January 22, 2022February 1, 2022

Slower economic growth. Continued labor shortages. Lower life expectancy. Higher levels of divorce. More demand for social services, but less tax revenue to pay for it. This story also appeared in The Washington Post A sharp and persistent decline in the number of Americans going to college — down by nearly a million since the […]

Posted inHigher Education

Facing an existential crisis, some colleges do something rare for them — adapt

by Jon Marcus January 2, 2022February 1, 2022
Posted inOpinion

OPINION: We face another lost generation if we don’t do something about college enrollment

by Deborah Delisle and Chris Gabrieli December 27, 2021February 1, 2022
Posted inHigher Education

As enrollment falls and colleges close, a surprising number of new ones are opening

by Jon Marcus November 12, 2021February 1, 2022
Posted inJill Barshay

PROOF POINTS: Many young adults choose work over college, report shows

by Jill Barshay November 1, 2021February 1, 2022
Posted inOpinion

OPINION: The pandemic has dashed and deferred too many college dreams

by Julia Freeland Fisher and Nichole TorpeySaboe October 27, 2021February 1, 2022
higher education marketing
Posted inNews

From Google ads to NFL sponsorships: Colleges throw billions at marketing themselves to attract students

by Jon Marcus October 1, 2021February 1, 2022
Navajo Nation
Posted inElementary to High School

The pandemic knocked many Native students off the college track

by Charlotte West August 10, 2021February 1, 2022
Posted inHigher Education

Colleges face reckoning as plummeting birthrate worsens enrollment declines

by Jon Marcus May 22, 2021February 1, 2022
Posted inHigher Education

Beer making for credit: Liberal arts colleges add career tech

by Jon Marcus March 19, 2021February 1, 2022

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