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Maine

TexasTowelie

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2. The nationwide trend is for declining enrollments.

Reply to KPN (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 21, 2017, 12:35 AM

Nov 2017

From a demographic point of view there are less students available to fill up the seats. This trend started about five years ago and is expected to continue. The actual solution for the problem is for the people in Maine to have more kids.

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I wonder if the decline of resident enrollment KPN Nov 2017 #1

The nationwide trend is for declining enrollments. TexasTowelie Nov 2017 #2

Ah. That makes sense ... KPN Nov 2017 #3