Why Ohio college enrollment is declining, how higher education is responding - Laina Yost, Kent Wired

Ohio universities are finding their next generation of college students — but they’ll have to look in new places. In the next five to seven years, the number of high school students is expected to decrease, forcing the 13 public colleges and universities in Ohio to find new strategies to keep their enrollment stable. The decline in graduating high school students is due to the 2008 recession, in which less people were having children during that time. “Where will the students come from? The answer is not so clear other than we need to find students in different ways,” said Gary Swegan, the associate vice president for enrollment planning and management at Youngstown State University. http://www.kentwired.com/latest_updates/article_2a629548-5303-11e8-8f7c-73b88e5d3847.html