Dive Brief:

• College enrollment will rise by 14% from 2011 to 2022, a rate of growth much smaller than the 45% rise over 14 years before that, a U.S. Department of Education report predicts.
• That predicted growth is one point lower than what the department had predicted for 2010 to 2021.
• The full report contains figures on enrollment, graduates, and expenditures in elementary and secondary schools.

Dive Insight:

While slowing growth is not declining enrollment, it leaves the door open to a reshaping of the higher education landscape. Already, some schools are scrambling to attract high school graduates from the Midwest as their numbers fall off.