YCBK 182: Plummeting birthrates impacts colleges

In this episode you will hear: (20:41) In this week's "In the news segment", a May 22nd, 2021 article from Jon Marcus of the Hechinger Report entitled, "Colleges face a reckoning as plummeting birthrate worsens enrollment declines." " The article includes statistics that show the indisputable proof that colleges are experiencing an enrollment decline. Dave gives us an accurate and insightful overview of the article, and then Mark and Dave share the five things colleges are doing to combat this enrollment decline. https://hechingerreport.org/colleges-face-reckoning-as-plummeting-birthrate-worsens-enrollment-declines/ (46:39) Rob from Texas wrote in and asked us whether there are other programs out there like the dual degree program between Trinity College in Dublin and Columbia University. Lisa and Mark decided last week to take this episode to do a deep diver into this unique program. This week Lisa and Mark talk about what other programs out there are similar to Trinity College and Columbia University dual degree program. (01:07:05) This week's interview is with Christina Lopez, the Dean of Admission at Barnard college, the highly selective women's college that is one of the undergraduate colleges of Columbia University. This week Christina gives us a detailed overview of Barnard College. Christina also answers a few of the nine questions that we selected that you are our listeners sent in. The Barnard interview with Christina went almost an hour, so we divided this into Part 1 and Part 2. (01:21:10) Recommended resource: https://poetsandquants.com/ This website is an excellent source of information for anything related to the best business schools in the US and abroad. It covers undergrad business programs and MBA programs. Don't forget to send your questions related to any and every facet of the college process to: questions@yourcollegeboundkid.com. Music is by SENA HERO/Victor-Alan Weeks. If you enjoy our podcast, would you please do us a favor and share our podcast both verbally and on social media? We would be most grateful! EXCITING OPPORTUNITY We are excited to announce that Your College-Bound Kid and School Match 4U are putting together panels of current undergraduates, so parents, students and college counselors can ask the students about their college experiences. This is an excellent way to get beyond the marketing from the colleges and to learn what the student experience is really like. This survey will help us to know which colleges you are interested in meeting students from; it will also let us know what are the best days for us to host these panels. https://tinyurl.com/preferences4studentpanels