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Higher Education is Indeed a Business, the Business of Student Transformation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Census Bureau, by 2040, the number of Americans age 65 and older is projected to more than double, reaching 80 million. This demographic and economic boom period in the country created the foundation on which academia rests today and, in many ways, is still seeking to recapture. Except there’s one major problem…statistically, it can’t.

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Another College Just Closed Its Doors. What That Means for Your Institution and the Future of Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

According to EAB analysis, by 2040, 566 colleges are expected to see a 25% decline, and 247 are expected to see a 50% decline. The number of Americans 65 and older is projected to more than double by 2040. population will be 355 million in 2040, which is 25 million fewer than projected in 2015. Is inflation to blame?

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Industry and STEMM Leaders Convene for White House Summit

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

must look to invest $15 billion in research infrastructure and capacity building at HBCUs, tribal colleges and universities (TCUs), and other minority-serving institutions (MSIs) by 2040 as well as double research funding to such schools by 2045. According to the strategy, the U.S.

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Redoubling our commitment to climate action and sustainability

John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

This week, we officially released our new Climate Action and Sustainability Plan (CASP), animated by an ambitious new goal to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040. O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute and the Institute for Planetary Health.

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Reduce long-term cost growth to rightsize your university

EAB

In fact, as the graph below illustrates, EAB predicts that nearly 250 institutions could see their enrollment drop by over half by 2040, based on current long-term trends.