From smaller campus footprints to changing student demographics, higher ed leaders brace for big changes

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Even before the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the higher education system, industry leaders had already been bracing for a major challenge on the horizon. Projections indicate the typical college-going population will decrease by 15-20% after 2025 due to declining birthrates, a trend that is in part linked to the Great Recession. “We’re running out of teenagers,

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