Why are the seats empty?

Why are the seats empty? A decline in higher education
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https://www.npr.org/2022/10/20/1129980557/the-college-enrollment-drop-is-finally-letting-up-thats-the-good-news
https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/23428166/college-enrollment-population-education-crash
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/americans-are-increasingly-dubious-going-college-rcna40935
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/01/22/college-enrollment-drop/
https://www.bankrate.com/loans/student-loans/recession-prediction-and-statistics/
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/06/covid-learning-loss-remote-school/661360/
https://www.bestcolleges.com/research/college-enrollment-decline/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/10/20/college-enrollment-declines-since-pandemic/
https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2022-05-26/college-enrollment-declines-are-here-to-stay
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/10/20/enrollment-declines-continue-slower-rate
https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/blogs/online-trending-now/dozen-years-decline
https://www.brookings.edu/2023/01/23/college-enrollment-gaps-how-academic-preparation-influences-opportunity/
https://health.gov/healthypeople/priority-areas/social-determinants-health/literature-summaries/enrollment-higher-education
https://www.highereddive.com/news/nacac-committee-add-students-admissions-policies-higher-ed/638703/
Blumenstyk, G. (2014) American Higher Education in Crisis? What Everyone Needs to Know (1st ed.) Oxford University Press
https://cewgeorgetown.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/collegepayoff-completed.pdf
https://cew.georgetown.edu/cew-reports/roi2022/
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10755-021-09585-3
https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED380017
https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ996964
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED531722.pdf
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/20230123_CCF_CollegeEnrollment_FINAL1.pdf
https://scholarship.depauw.edu/studentresearch/113
https://www.ingentaconnect.com/