nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor3 2J1P |||’Losing A Generation’: Fall College Enrollment Plummets For First-Year Students||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||Researchers say the pandemic is largely to blame for this year’s drastic enrollment declines, but college-going has also been on a decade-long downward trend.