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As enrollment falls and colleges close, a surprising number of new ones are opening

The Hechinger Report

There are high-tech glass-walled classrooms and a balcony with a view of passing fishing boats and ferries and corporate offices and condos under construction nearby. Demand for workers in solar is expected to nearly double by 2030, according to an industry census.

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In one country, women now outnumber men in college by two to one

The Hechinger Report

While men still predominate in engineering and computer science, for example, they won’t go into nursing; 98 percent of nurses here are women, at a time when the need for nurses is rising and the Icelandic Nurses’ Association says the number of new nurses graduating from colleges has fallen well below the number heading toward retirement.

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