More than a third of community college students have vanished in the United States

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Okay. I can see certain areas decreasing. But overall the US population is growing and is much higher than it was 50 years ago. I understand consolidation and geographical areas gaining and losing populations, but it blows my mind to think less kids are in school today than 50 years ago. I’m not saying that it’s not the case because I haven't done the research to confirm or dispute. It just baffles me if it is. That is why I asked the question.