Plunging US Birth Rate Leaves Too Many Colleges With Too Few Kids

Even before President Donald Trump launched his campaign against America’s colleges and universities, the industry faced an existential threat. The country’s tumbling birth rate is pushing schools toward a “demographic cliff,” where a steadily dropping population of people in their late teens and early 20s will leave desks and classrooms empty. Many smaller, lesser-known schools like Cazenovia have already hit the precipice. They’re firing professors, paring back liberal arts courses in favor of STEM — or closing altogether. Bloomberg's Elizabeth Rembert joined Bloomberg Intelligence to discuss with Scarlet Fu and Alex Semenova. (Source: Bloomberg)