"Want to make college presidents and enrollment managers nervous? Just say the words “demographic change,” and then watch them get all worked up. Sure enough, many institutional leaders have reason to worry that demographic shifts will pose significant challenges to their institutions in the future. On many campuses, such challenges have arrived.
Still, do the prevailing forecasts of the future tell colleges everything they need to know? Not so much, says Nathan D. Grawe, a professor of economics at Carleton College, in Minnesota. Mr. Grawe is the author of Demographics and the Demand for Higher Education (Johns Hopkins University Press), a new book that explores demographic changes in great detail. On Thursday, The Chronicle caught up with Mr. Grawe, who discussed some of his findings. The following interview has been edited for length and clarity." …
https://www.chronicle.com/article/Demographic-Changes-as-Destiny/242062