Inside the Enrollment Cliff Hitting US Colleges

Colleges spent decades building for a crowd that stopped being born. Now they're discovering that a lazy river doesn't pay the mortgage.

America’s college-age population is shrinking, putting pressure on universities with high fixed costs and fewer students to fill their campuses. Schools like Bowling Green State are responding by adding career-focused programs and trying to stand out in a crowded market, while institutions that fail to adapt are facing cuts, closures and economic fallout for the towns that depend on them. (Source: Bloomberg)

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