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…
In our first post of this new series, we saw that Texas is forecasted to have the highest number of jobs added to its economy by 2034 when compared to other states in America. The 2.8-million job increase from the actual 13.9 million jobs in 2022 to the predicted 16.8 million jobs in 2034 places Texas…
With the start of the 2024-2025 academic year, most people in education view life from the perspective of new beginnings. However, for millions of students across the country, the start of the fall semester actually means their college-level course of study is coming to a close. For these students, they will be hitting the full-time…