New Data Predict Major Shifts In Student Population, Requiring Colleges To Change Strategies (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
"Colleges and universities know that the composition of the nation's student body is headed for a major change. They've been seeing the evidence for years. And an analysis of population data released on Wednesday confirms that major shifts are under way," The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. "'The reality is that the change has hit,' said Nancy Davis Griffin, dean of admissions at Saint Anselm College, in Manchester, N.H. After this year's high-school seniors receive their diplomas, the number of graduates nationwide will begin a slow decline until 2015, according to the new analysis, by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education. At the same time, the number of minority graduates is expected to grow rapidly as Hispanic and Asian students replace white ones."'
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