This episode originally aired on May 28, 2025.
Declining birth rates are resulting in fewer students graduating from high school.
Fewer high school graduates have led to the shuttering of colleges and economic decline for college towns across the nation.
On this edition of All Sides, we’re talking about how declining enrollments are causing college boom towns to go bust.
Guests:
- Conor Morris, reporter/producer, Ideastream
- Todd Jones, president and general counsel for the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Ohio
- John Comerford, president, Otterbein University
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