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America’s college-age population is shrinking, putting pressure on universities with high fixed costs and fewer students to fill their campuses. Schools like Bowling Green State are responding by adding career-focused programs and trying to stand out in a crowded market, while institutions that fail to adapt are facing cuts, closures and economic fallout for the towns that depend on them. (Source: Bloomberg)
Tokyo, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)--Japan's total population, including foreign residents, was 122,972,528 as of Oct. 1, 2025, shrinking by 3,173,571, or 2.5 pct, from five years earlier, census data released by the internal affairs ministry showed Tuesday. This was the third consecutive decline in the quinquennial survey that dates back to 1920. The number of foreign residents climbed by 1,09...
In the fourth of our series of previews on the five-year plan and policy address, to be announced on September 16, Fiona Sun and Edith Lin analyse how to improve livelihoods in the city by tackling the impact of demographic changes and technological advancement. Read part one here, part two here and part three here. Twenty-eight-year-old Hong Kong resident Fong and his wife want to have a child but he knows they cannot afford one for now. He earns about HK$10,000 (US$1,275) a month as a...