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- From: gwynne@stein.u.washington.edu (Kristan Geissel)
- Newsgroups: misc.kids
- Subject: Survey: # of Kids You Are Having.....
- Message-ID: <1ho278INNljd@shelley.u.washington.edu>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 23:22:16 GMT
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- as opposed to the number of siblings YOU and YOUR partner have.
-
- I read an editorial in the Sunday _Times/PI_ advocating the
- creation of something called the Cascade State College to be
- located on the eastside and being made up of the Bothell (is
- that REALLY the eastside) and Bellevue Community College.
-
- The editorial's rationale for this was the huge expected influx
- of baby boomers' babies over the next 20 years. But my visual
- research (school mates of my daughter's) and some research done
- by NSF show that there is going to be a huge DECLINE in college
- enrollment due to the now lower birthrate.
-
- Most "true" babyboomers are in their 40s now and I am pushing it
- for another child (36). In my case, I have one child compared to
- to the 3 my parents had and the 2 kids my ex's parents had.
-
- So, how about it? Is this new college being built based on reality
- or is it something that most likely will go to bust in 25 years or
- so?
-
- If there is enough interest I will post the survey results and, if
- the results are as I think they will be, I most likely write at
- least a letter to the editor incorporating these results (anony-
- mously results-wise, of course).
-
- Kristan
- gwynne@u.washington.edu
-