{
  "id": 2592144,
  "title": "US Colleges Face a Shrinking Student Pipeline",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/us-colleges-face-a-shrinking-student-pipeline",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-22T14:35:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bloomberg",
    "slug": "bloomberg",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-08-22/us-colleges-face-a-shrinking-student-pipeline-video"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "US colleges are confronting a prolonged demographic squeeze as the number of high school graduates, after peaking in 2025, is projected to decline 13% through 2041, putting particular pressure on regional schools with limited endowments. Joining David Gura and Christina Ruffini on Bloomberg This Weekend is Carleton College Professor of Economics Nathan Grawe who explains that institutions are…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}