Thai universities need to move with the times as they brace for steadily declining enrolments, academics have warned. They said new social trends could make some majors outdated. The warning was raised by scholars who noticed a significant decrease in the number of students and changes in the labour market that will potentially have a big impact on non-scientific programmes.Many universities have begun to encounter problems in running some curricula as the courses are devoid of students, they said. The worst-case scenario is some universities may be forced to shut down.