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OPINION: Students need more educational choices after high school

The Hechinger Report

However, researchers at Georgetown University project that by 2031, 72 percent of jobs will require some type of education or training after high school. Traditional higher education has reached an inflection point. This is how we will be able to better foster prosperity and facilitate our nation’s promise of economic mobility.

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The number of 18-year-olds is about to drop sharply, packing a wallop for colleges — and the economy 

The Hechinger Report

Thats because the current class of high school seniors is the last before a long decline begins in the number of 18-year-olds the traditional age of students when they enter college. The impact of this is economic decline, Jeff Strohl, director of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, said bluntly.

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