No mention – at all – about the decline in the number of young students due to population demographics:
While early signs led many to predict a slight rebound from the steep two-year drop-off during the pandemic, a new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center shows that enrollment fell for the fifth semester in a row, dampening those hopes.
Overall enrollment fell by 1.1 percent, closer to pre-pandemic levels than the more drastic declines that shocked leaders over the past two years. The rate of decline has decreased by almost a third since fall 2020.
Source: Enrollment declines continue, but at a slower rate
Colleges about to be slammed with a sharp drop-off in the younger population. They appear oblivious as we reached a peak percentage of young attending college a couple years ago. It’s mostly downhill from here.
