The financial demise of Iowa Wesleyan University stands as a stark reminder of the impending challenges facing institutions of higher education amid a demographic cliff.
As Doug Moore notes, 'when a college closes, all the things that are mementos of the best four years of a lot of people's lives are sold to the highest bidders,' capturing the bittersweet end of student experiences.
Experts warn that the current class of seniors will be the last before a significant decline in college-age students, posing existential threats to many institutions.
Demographers indicate that America's falling birth rates, initially worsened by the Great Recession, will culminate in a nationwide demographic cliff impacting college enrollments.
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