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it the state’s second-largest by enrollment. Swimming against a national demographic tide, the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg saw its enrollment turn back up, surpassing 10,000, while South east Missouri State University in Cape Gi rardeau (9,838 students), Northwest Mis

ton University in St. Louis, a world-recog nized research university that has sharply broken from enrollment trends with nearly 17,000 last fall—up 12.5 percent since 2016. n And 14 community colleges—en- rolling more than 75,000 students last

313,400 students were enrolled at Missouri’s public and independent colleges and universities in 2021

The fact is, there are more jobs available than there are college graduates to fill them. Colleges are straining to do just that, even as demographic trends continue to shrink the pool of candidates.

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souri State University inMaryville (7,868), Missouri Western in St. Joseph (4,386), Missouri Southern State University in Jo plin (4,346), and Truman State University in Kirksville (4,225) saw slight declines. n Liberal-arts colleges, bearing the brunt of enrollment declines, nonethe less topped 102,000 students last fall. The crown jewel among those: Washing

fall—fill a larger role in immediate work force training, usually working in concert with employers to identify skills needed and emerging knowledge sets as business conditions change. Coming down the pike: more than 875,000 students K-12 are currently at tending 226 public school districts and private schools.

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Education and the Workforce Report Series Throughout the year, Ingram’s dedicates extensive edito rial coverage to education, particularly to higher education and advanced studies. Our Education and the Workforce Quarterly Report series will help you stay on top of devel opments in this vital sector throughout the year. No medium in Missouri or Kansas advocates for higher education more than Ingram’s .

Ingram’s October edition will resume coverage of higher education with our 2022 Education and The Workforce Quar terly Report series. In a special report, we’ll survey the exec utive leadership of regional universities to explore their in novative solutions to challenges with demographics, finances and program relevance. As the nation’s jobless rate continues to hover near 3 percent, employers are looking more and more to universities for the talent they need to thrive. Is the incoming talent pool sufficient to meet that demand? Coming in February 2023: our Icons of Education

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