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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

The impact of this is economic decline, Jeff Strohl, director of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, said bluntly. By 2039, this estimate shows, there will likely be 650,000, or 15 percent, fewer of them per year than there are now. Related: Interested in innovations in higher education?

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