I'm looking forward to speaking and learning at Inside Higher Ed's Admissions Challenges Facing Private Colleges leadership series at Gallup next Thursday! regonline.com/builder/site/d…

BBC report on a Lancet study that puts fertility decline in global context bbc.com/news/health-46…

CDC finalized birth figures for 2017. Total fertility rate down another 3%. Lowest level since 1978. cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr…

Thank you to everyone who came out to our #IHELeadershipSeries event, "The Admissions Challenges Facing Private Colleges." For all of the highlights from today's conversations, check out our moment: ihenow.com/2DG19sJ

Hechinger Report: The number of public school students could fall by more than 8% in a decade hechingerreport.org/the-number-of-…

I like the way Ed Venit thinks about higher ed as an antifragile system that, like our bodies, gets stronger under stress eab.com/blogs/student-…

On liberal education surviving the 21st century: bryanalexander.org/future-of-educ…

Increase among Hispanics particularly notable.

This report on opinions of Californians finds a large number (53%) are thinking about moving out of state due to high cost of living. (63% among Millennials.)edelman.com/sites/g/files/…

NACUBO's report that discount rates have exceeded 50% for first-year student--hardly surprising given the trend, but still a milestone to note ihenow.com/2HkoSOy

AP on 2018 birth data--another down year. Dr. Kenneth Johnson "estimates 5.7 million babies would have been born in the past decade if fertility rates hadn’t fallen from pre-recession levels. 'That’s a lot of empty kindergarten rooms,' said Johnson.""apnews.com/0463abca643647…

Great graphic from Kenneth Johnson of UNH's UNH Carsey School of Public Policy: "Had pre-recessionary fertility rates been sustained through 2018, there would have been 800,000 more births last year and 5.7 million more births over the last decade." carsey.unh.edu/publication/sn…

Should have linked this out earlier, but it is still relevant: Brookings folks on possible Covid fertility effects:brookings.edu/research/half-…

Does this cut in international enrollment make sense from what you all are seeing and experiencing?

I've seen this question asked frequently of late: why did community college enrollments take such a large hit this fall? Gardner does a great job filling in a lot of missing pieces.