College and university enrollment is down for fifth straight year

College and university enrollment fell during the semester just coming to an end, marking a fifth straight year of decline.

Students over 24 represented the bulk of the dropoff, with for-profit institutions suffering the most, the figures, from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, show.

The trend threatens the national goal — already behind schedule — of increasing the proportion of the population with degrees. It also signals further problems for not only for-profit colleges and universities, but private nonprofit ones for which tuition is the principal source of revenue.

Read more at The Hechinger Report: https://hechingerreport.org/college-university-enrollment-fifth-straight-year/