Most of the blog posts during this spring semester have been focused on the future of higher education enrollment in Texas and the nation. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) recently published fall 2024 enrollment data, giving us our first glimpse into current statewide and institution-level trends across Texas. Last fall, public institutions of…
Building on our previous blog posts, we continue our spring series on enrollment trends in higher education. Our first post in the series reviewed updated birth-related data that showed the United States experienced a 17% decrease in the number of births from 4.32 million in 2007 to 3.6 million in 2023. This national ‘birth dearth’…
In continuing our spring series on enrollment trends in higher education, it is no coincidence that one of the hottest topics of conversation currently circling is the “enrollment cliff.” From legislative hearings to board meetings to podcasts to newsprint, the pending downturn in higher education enrollment, closely linked to the “birth dearth” in the United…
For a number of years, much of the talk in higher education circles has been about the pending ‘enrollment cliff’ that is projected to have widespread effect over the course of the next 10-15 years. The publication of Demographics and the Demand for Higher Education (Grawe, 2018) brought the concept of the ‘demographic cliff’ to…
The end of the fall semester also brings a close to our current blog series, where we have been examining the connection between the demands for human capital in the workforce and the supply of human capital through higher education. In our previous posts in this series, we have looked at broad trends in terms…
In our newest blog post, we turn our attention to an area that has long been seen as a critical element to the quality of society: the field of nursing. In our previous posts in this series, we have looked at broad trends in terms of projected growth occupations, as well as reviewing supply-and-demand gaps…
We continue our fall blog series exploring various occupations and their connection to the academic credentials being awarded by Texas colleges and universities. Previous posts have looked at broad trends in terms of projected growth occupations, as well as reviewing supply-and-demand gaps in the projected highest growth occupations (numeric and percentage). In this post, we…
Our fourth post in this fall blog series on connecting jobs and academic programs in Texas builds on previous work that showed Texas is forecasted to have the highest number of jobs added to its economy by 2034 when compared to other states in America. Our last post focused on the “General and Operations Managers Occupation” group, finding…
We continue with our fall blog series where we are exploring the future of jobs in Texas. Previous blog posts showed that Texas is forecasted to have the highest number of jobs added to its economy by 2034 when compared to other states in America, and that the “Management” occupation group is set to have the highest…