August 3, 2009

Population Shifts Push Catholic Colleges in the Northeast to Extend Their Reach

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Fordham University

Fordham U. is recruiting more students from growing states like California and Texas, in anticipation of a decline in applicants from the Northeast.

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Fordham University

Fordham U. is recruiting more students from growing states like California and Texas, in anticipation of a decline in applicants from the Northeast.

By Beckie Supiano

Providence College gets 90 percent of its students from the metropolitan corridor that runs from Virginia up the coast to Maine. But the small Dominican college in Rhode Island is now recruiting students in North Carolina, Southern Florida, and the areas around major cities in Texas and California. Demographic changes are forcing such change.

Between 2007-8 and 2014-15, public high schools in the Northeast are projected to experience a 10.2-percent drop in the number of graduates, and

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