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Inspired by front-line health care workers, record numbers apply to medical schools

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The United States will be short 54,100 to 139,000 physicians by 2033, while the proportion of people who are over 65 will grow by an expected 45 percent. The United States will be short 54,100 to 139,000 physicians by 2033, the AAMC estimates, while the proportion of people who are over 65 will grow by an expected 45 percent.

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

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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. Still more new research, from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, projects that the pace of college closings could now accelerate.

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A smaller Nation’s Report Card

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Related: Our free weekly newsletter alerts you to what research says about schools and classrooms. While the Long-Term Trend assessment is required by Congress, the law does not state how frequently it must be administered, and so the governing board has deferred it until 2033. “None of us want to do this.”