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		mikeg8 on March 18, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: More students are turning away from college and to... Demographic shift? There could have been (probably was) larger number of 18-24 year olds ten year than today.

jmoak3 on March 19, 2023 [–]

Definitely the demographics:

https://www.populationpyramid.net/united-states-of-america/2...

I would hate to be fighting to join academia right now in a world where there's a solid chance the student body is shrinking:

https://educationdata.org/college-enrollment-statistics

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