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Webinar: Geography, Demography, and Enrollments in US Higher Education through the 2020s
Date and Time: Wednesday, February 10, 2021 3:00 pm - 4:15 pm U.S. Eastern Time
 

Enrollments in post-secondary education in the United States have long reflected broader socioeconomic, demographic, and political trends, including the post-World War II baby boom and the GI Bill, the Civil Rights Movement, and the increase in female workforce participation, to name a few examples. More recently, prominent venues including The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, and especially Nathan D. Grawe’s Demographics and the Demand for Higher Education (2018) have drawn attention to the implications of demographic shifts for higher education enrollments through the 2020s.

Specifically, traditional college-age cohorts are expected to decline by 10-15 percent nationally in the decade following 2025. This trend is already evident in the Northeast and will gradually diffuse through the Mid-Atlantic, Great Lakes, Midwest, and Great Plains before eventually manifesting in the South and West. Additionally, college-age cohorts will continue to become more diverse. Finally, public financial support for post-secondary education is expected to remain flat or continue to decline, a trend likely accelerated by the pandemic, which will make universities even more dependent on tuition.

This webinar will discuss the potential impacts of these longer-term demographic changes for higher education in general and geography in particular. Panelists include Joshua Hagen (University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point), Kathleen Schroeder (Appalachian State University), Grady Dixon (Fort Hays State University), and LaDona Knigge (California State University Chico). It was held and recorded on February 10, 2021.

P. Grady Dixon
P. Grady Dixon
Fort Hays State University
LaDona Knigge
LaDona Knigge
California State University, Chico
Joshua Hagen
Joshua Hagen
University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
Kathleen Schroeder
Kathleen Schroeder
Appalachian State University






 

P. Grady Dixon Fort Hays State University

P. Grady Dixon is Dean of the Werth College of Science, Technology, & Mathematics and Professor of Geosciences at Fort Hays State University in Kansas. Grady is a physical geographer with expertise in meteorology and climatology, focusing especially on tornado climatology and weather effects on wildlife.

LaDona Knigge California State University, Chico

LaDona Knigge is Chair & Professor in the Department of Geography & Planning at California State University Chico. Her interests in human geography span community gardens, food systems, urban gardens, sustainable planning and transportation, critical GIS, and community development.

Joshua Hagen University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point

Joshua Hagen is Dean of the College of Letters & Science and Professor of Geography and Geology at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point. He has broad interests in human geography including borders and border theory, cultural politics of place names, globalization, sovereignty, and territoriality; higher education administration; historic preservation and places of memory; and totalitarian spaces and geographies.

Kathleen Schroeder Appalachian State University

Kathleen Schroeder is a Professor in the Department of Geography & Planning, Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, where she served a chair for a decade. Her interests are in food systems, and issues of gender and development in Latin America.

Geography, Demography, and Enrollments in US Higher Education through the 2020s

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Date and Time: Wednesday, February 10, 2021 3:00 pm - 4:15 pm U.S. Eastern Time
Status: Event Ended

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