Demographics: University opens up senior housing for age 65+
Combining the amenities of college life with the wallets and activity desires of older adults. Source: Retiring to college at age 65? Some new ‘seniors’ are coming to universities –…
Business Oops: How could anyone have seen SVB’s collapse coming?
Raging Ventures saw it coming and posted the details on Twitter on January 18, 2023, two months in advance of the collapse. Why were Federal banking regulators hibernating all winter?
Demographics, Economy: Subscriptions everywhere
In a low fertility rate, declining population growth and eventually shrinkage, businesses can no longer depend on the traditional expanding market for their products. Instead, we move from the purchase-and-ownership…
Software-> Very nice: “Python-based compiler achieves orders-of-magnitude speedups”
Codon is a new tool that compiles Python code to run it more efficiently and effectively while allowing for customization and adaptation to various domains. Source: Python-based compiler achieves orders-of-magnitude…
Demographics: School closures
KUOW – Bellevue School Board to vote on school closures DPS recommends closing 3 DPS schools this year as enrollment falls (denverpost.com) Harlandale ISD could close schools due to financial…
Demographics: American colleges in crisis
Source: American colleges in crisis with enrollment decline largest on record | Fortune What first looked like a pandemic blip has turned into a crisis. Nationwide, undergraduate college enrollment dropped…
Demographics: Colleges ending some humanities offerings
Two linked Minnesota Roman Catholic institutions are reducing language and other humanities offerings, including nixing all its ancient Greek and Chinese classes. The provost of the College of Saint Benedict…
Demographics: High school to close due to enrollment decline
Bishop Connolly High School will close for good at the end of the school year due to a continued drop in enrollment, according to the Diocese of Fall River. Source:…
Public health: “Trust in public health shattered”
Am surprised its only half: Trust in public health has been shattered—half of America has lost faith in the scientific community altogether. Source: W.H.O. Do You Trust? | Opinion
Demographics: ‘Microcredentials’ and certifications may replace college degrees
As the young cohort shrinks due to our longstanding low fertility rate, the endless supply of new college students – and workers – is falling. Simultaneously, college tuition and fees…