Childfree Adults

Jennifer and Zachary Neal report that 27% of surveyed Michigan residents do not intend to raise children .

Joya Misra notes that the United States government is less supportive of mothers of young children.

-DD

Higher Education Trends

Goldie Blumenstyk writes about three trends in higher education :

1. declining birth rates and immigration numbers foretell continued enrollment declines;
2. students struggle to obtain value from short-term credential stacks; and,
3. six million former students never completed degrees, and because of debt may never finish their education.

-DD



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The Fate of the Suburbs

Shayla Love interviewed architects June Williamson and Ellen Dunham-Jones, authors of the book Case Studies in Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Strategies for Urgent Challenges. According to Love, demographic changes have reduced the market for the low housing density of the traditional suburb, creating momentum to re-purpose some suburban structures.

-DD

Demographics and Train Ridership

Sarah Sieloff discusses the implications of changes in demographics which are influencing small towns and bullet trains in Japan.

-DD