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Jon Marcus
Verified
Higher Education Editor, The Hechinger Report
Boston
Beats
anything progressive or woke
Content
By Jon Marcus Verified| The Sun News Verified What if colleges started applying to you instead of the other way around? The anxiety-inducing college admissions game is changing. With declining birth rates and growing skepticism about the value of a degree, higher education is facing an enrollment cliff, set to hit hard in 2026. That's 18 years after the Great Recession, when many American families stopped having babies.
By Jon Marcus Verified| The Sun News Verified What if colleges started applying to you instead of the other way around? The anxiety-inducing college admissions game is changing. With declining birth rates and growing skepticism about the value of a degree, higher education is facing an enrollment cliff, set to hit hard in 2026. That's 18 years after the Great Recession, when many American families stopped having babies.
By Jon Marcus Verified| The Hechinger Report Verified What if colleges started applying to you instead of the other way around? The anxiety-inducing college admissions game is changing. With declining birth rates and growing skepticism about the value of a degree, higher education is facing an enrollment cliff, set to hit hard in 2026. That’s 18 years after the Great Recession, when many American families stopped having babies.
Company Info
The Hechinger Report
The Hechinger Report is an independent nonprofit newsroom that focuses on inequality and innovation in education. It uses investigative journalism and data-driven reporting to address systemic challenges in education from preschool through higher education. Founded by Fred M. Hechinger, a former *New York Times* education editor, the organization emphasizes solutions-oriented reporting to influence policy and public discourse. The Hechinger Report produces in-depth articles, documentaries, and interactive tools that explore various educational issues, including the impact of climate change on schools and achievement gaps. It collaborates with major news outlets like *The Washington Post* and *NPR* to ensure broad accessibility of its stories. Additionally, it offers Spanish-language reporting through *Hechinger en Español* to engage diverse audiences. The organization is funded by foundations and individual donors, which supports its editorial independence and commitment to highlighting both problems and solutions in education.
New York, New York, United States
+1 585-502-8499
Founded: 1996