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<a href="https://apps.carleton.edu/profiles/ngrawe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline">Dr. Nathan Grawe</a>, a professor of economics at Carleton College and author of<span> </span><a href="https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/title/demographics-and-demand-higher-education" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline">Demographics
and the Demand for Higher Education</a>, will visit the University of Oregon on March 17 for a presentation and Q&A session about his demographic analyses and the potential implications to higher education.</p>
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<b>March 17, 10:30 a.m.</b></p>
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<b>EMU 214 - Redwood Auditorium</b></p>
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<span style="color: black;">For decades, demographic forces have been reshaping the composition of the population of traditional-aged college students. Now, a recent decline in fertility points to additional disruption as prospective student pools shrink in
the mid-2020s. After examining these forces and their potential to disrupt markets for higher education, Professor Grawe will share examples of how various colleges and universities are proactively engaging these demographic challenges.</span><br>
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<b>If you plan to attend, please RSVP to<span> </span><a href="mailto:trustees@uoregon.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline">trustees@uoregon.edu</a>.</b><span> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">Please
share this information widely with your colleagues </span>in your unit or department who might be interested.</p>
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Dr. Grawe is coming to the UO at the invitation of the Board of Trustees, which will meet with him in the afternoon of March 17 at approximately 2:00 p.m. If you cannot attend the morning session but are interested in Dr. Grawe’s presentation, the Board of
Trustees’ meeting is open to the public (Ford Alumni Center, Giustina Ballroom) and will be webcast (<a href="https://trustees.uoregon.edu/meetings" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline">https://trustees.uoregon.edu/meetings</a>).</p>
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<span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Sincerely,</span><br>
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