(THE COLLEGE FIX) – America’s declining birth rate over the past two decades has the American Psychological Association worried about the future of the profession.
Fewer children means fewer college students will be pursuing careers in psychology, thus threatening “the quality of education and training, psychological research, and patient care,” according to an article in the March issue of the APA’s Monitor on Psychology magazine.
Scholars predict a “steep drop” in college admissions starting next year, according to the article. The “demographic cliff” is the result of a significant drop in the birth rate that began with the 2008 recession, Inside Higher Ed reported. Those “missing babies” would have been approaching college age next year, had they been born.
