Colleges prepare for fewer applicants, demographics shift
Mar 10, 2008 12:43 PM
High school seniors nationwide are awaiting the verdicts from the colleges of
their choice later this month. It may not be of much solace to them, but in just
a few years the admissions frenzy is likely to ease. It’s simply a matter of
demographics. Projections show that by next year or the year after, the annual
number of high school graduates in the United States will peak at about 2.9
million after a 15-year climb.
To read
The New York Times article, click here.
ALSO: Colleges and universities are taking steps to address a projected drop in the
number of high school graduates in much of the nation starting next year and a
significant change in the racial and ethnic makeup of the student population. After years of being overwhelmed with applicants, higher education
institutions are looking over the next decade at a projected national decline of roughly 10 percent or more in
non-Hispanic white students, and a double-digit rise in the proportion of minority students,
especially
Hispanics.
Click here to read The
Washington Post article.
