28-Demographics: Is the decline good or bad?
Is the decline in the global fertility rate a good thing or a bad thing? Perhaps it is neither – it is what it is. The Plus Side From one…
The college education trap
Most of the “return on investment” value of a college education goes to “people who come from affluent families and attend selective institutions”. One-third of college students will never complete…
25- Demographics: Pandemic policy effects on students may last decades
Just as WW2 impacted population demographics and age distributions up to the present, the policies (most of which did not work) of public health will cost society and individuals for…
23-Demographics: Another University acknowledges fewer students
The University of Portland sees 21% of students who had made down payments for fall enrollment – disenroll. The university acknowledges that population demographics are playing a role: Some 82%…
Part 13 – Population Demographics: Universities to seek more international students
College officials are preparing to welcome a pair of students from the African country to the downtown campus in the coming weeks after forming relationships with six international institutions this…
Part 12 – Population Demographics: Higher Education Does Not Get It
Wonder why? College enrollment is down nationwide, from about 17 million in 2020 to 15.9 million in the latest data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center—a big historical change.…
Part 11 – Population Demographics: Pennsylvania sees drop in college-aged population
The bigger issue for Pennsylvania higher education is its ability to attract students while the college-aged population in the commonwealth shrinks. Student loan forgiveness arrives, but shrinking student numbers in…
Part 9 – Population Demographics: “Pilot shortage prompts proposals to raise retirement age, lower training hours. : NPR”
So to address the shortage, some in the industry and in Congress are calling for some big changes. Among them are raising the mandatory pilot retirement age from 65 to…
College student loan forgiveness has little to do with loans
The goal is that college tuition be free and 100% socialized. Once other taxpayers pay off the loans of the mostly high earning college grads (most of the value of…
Self-inflicted problem: Semiconductor industry can’t find enough electronics engineers
Pay and job security has not been the greatest for some in the EE field. While the global chip shortage shows some signs of subsiding, semiconductor companies are facing another…