Asian higher education at the demographic cliff edge

With East Asia’s governments failing to reverse falling birth rates, how should universities adjust to declining numbers of local students? Joyce Lau reports

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June 3, 2020

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June 15, 2020

Twitter: @JoyceLauNews

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