In Japan, plummeting university enrollment forecasts what’s ahead for the U.S.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 18, 2023
It’s projected to further decline to 880,000 by 2040, according to the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. It’s projected to further decline to 880,000 by 2040. The number of 18-year-olds here has dropped by nearly half in just three decades, from more than 2 million in 1990 to 1.1 million now.
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