California community college enrollment plummets to 30-year low
2 years, 1 month ago

California community college enrollment plummets to 30-year low

LA Times  

Angel Lozano, center, a former student at East Los Angeles College, meets with screenwriters at Cerveceria Del Pueblo in Pasadena. Now they “no longer want something that looks like the education they received before.” A survey of former California community college students found that one third haven’t re-enrolled because they prioritized work, and 22% prioritized taking care of family or other dependents. “What we were doing before is not necessarily going to be the best thing for the students coming out of the pandemic.” Looking to high schoolers Overall enrollment across California’s community colleges are down. The declines “may have set California’s higher education system back” by limiting its ability to “promote economic mobility among historically underrepresented students,” according to a recent report by the Public Policy Institute of California. The goal is to “help students in whatever they’re facing that is threatening their enrollment,” according to Cynthia Olivo, the college’s assistant superintendent of student services.

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Opinion: Want more diversity in schools? Copy the University of California and look to community colleges
1 year, 5 months ago

Opinion: Want more diversity in schools? Copy the University of California and look to community colleges

LA Times  

People walk the UCLA campus in May. Ivy league and other peer schools need to do something they’ve never done with any consistency or devotion: widen their enrollment pipeline to welcome transfer students from community colleges in substantial numbers. Students attending community colleges form a diverse pipeline for baccalaureate institutions while dodging some of the issues that complicate recruitment efforts …

‘Waste of time': Community college transfers derail students
1 year, 7 months ago

‘Waste of time': Community college transfers derail students

Associated Press  

First came the good news. A recent study at the City University of New York system found, among students who transferred from a community college to a bachelor’s program, nearly half lost at least some work. “The pipeline from community college to a bachelor’s degree is a very leaky pipeline,” said Alexandra Logue, one of the researchers and a former …

California Community Colleges chief to resign as student achievement rises, enrollment plummets
2 years, 6 months ago

California Community Colleges chief to resign as student achievement rises, enrollment plummets

LA Times  

California Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley, a champion of equity and access for underserved students, announced Thursday that he is stepping down from the helm of the nation’s largest two-year public college system amid rising academic achievement but declining enrollment. Oakley, the son of a Mexican immigrant who rose to become the first Latino chancellor of the 116-campus community …

Overdue tuition and fees, even $41, can derail a community college education
2 years, 9 months ago

Overdue tuition and fees, even $41, can derail a community college education

LA Times  

Students at Long Beach City College, which has forgiven $2.1 million in debt for 7,990 students from spring 2020 to summer 2021. “Even working two jobs, I don’t make enough money to do anything but survive.” Enrollment at California Community Colleges has plummeted nearly 20% during the pandemic to about 1.3 million students from fall 2019 to fall of 2021, …

California’s undergraduate enrollment dropped by about 250,000 during pandemic years
2 years, 11 months ago

California’s undergraduate enrollment dropped by about 250,000 during pandemic years

LA Times  

California’s fall 2021 undergraduate enrollment dropped by nearly a quarter-million students since pre-pandemic fall 2019, according to a survey released Thursday. The report from the National Student Clearinghouse shows that California saw an overall decline of more than 99,000 — or 4.3% — in undergraduate enrollment from fall 2020 to fall 2021, driven largely by a 9.9% drop in community …

California community college students choosing jobs over class likely fuel enrollment drop
3 years, 1 month ago

California community college students choosing jobs over class likely fuel enrollment drop

LA Times  

Students walk on the Los Angeles City College campus in August. California’s precipitous drop in undergraduate college enrollment — driven largely by big declines in community college attendance — has continued for a second straight year, a trend fueled by a declining population and pandemic pressures drawing young adults to the workforce, not classrooms. By one measure the fall 2021 …

California has the largest drop in spring college enrollment numbers in the nation
3 years, 6 months ago

California has the largest drop in spring college enrollment numbers in the nation

LA Times  

College enrollment for the spring dropped across the nation, with California seeing the biggest numeric decline. California leads the nation with the largest drop in spring 2021 college enrollment numbers largely due to a steep decline in community college students, who have particularly struggled with pandemic hardships, according to a report released Thursday. The decline in community college students accounts …

California community college enrollment plummets amid pandemic, putting some campuses at risk
3 years, 8 months ago

California community college enrollment plummets amid pandemic, putting some campuses at risk

LA Times  

Following social distancing measures, a student picks up a laptop placed in the parking lot of Chaffey College on March 25, 2020, at the Chino, Calif., campus. Enrollment in California’s community college system, the largest in the nation with about 2 million full- and part-time students, has largely been flat for the past decade. Colleges that experienced significant drops could …

Enrollment at US community colleges plummets amid pandemic
3 years, 10 months ago

Enrollment at US community colleges plummets amid pandemic

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Peniella Irakoze is cold calling a list of 1,001 fellow students who didn’t return to Phoenix College this semester, checking on how they’re managing during the coronavirus pandemic. “So many students aren’t coming back.” Nationwide, enrollment at community colleges — which offer two-year degrees and vocational training and often attract older students looking to learn new skills — …

'Losing A Generation': Fall College Enrollment Plummets For 1st-Year Students
4 years ago

'Losing A Generation': Fall College Enrollment Plummets For 1st-Year Students

NPR  

'Losing A Generation': Fall College Enrollment Plummets For 1st-Year Students Enlarge this image toggle caption Scott Dalton for NPR Scott Dalton for NPR All throughout high school, Brian Williams planned to go to college. "A very bad financial time" For colleges, lower enrollment means fewer tuition dollars, which translates to a drop in revenue at a time when college budgets …

Fewer Students Are Going To Community College, Despite High Unemployment
4 years, 3 months ago

Fewer Students Are Going To Community College, Despite High Unemployment

NPR  

Fewer Students Are Going To Community College, Despite High Unemployment Enlarge this image toggle caption Elissa Nadworny/NPR Elissa Nadworny/NPR Enrollment at U.S. community colleges has dropped nearly 8% this fall, newly released figures show, part of an overall decline in undergraduate enrollment as students face a global pandemic and the worst economic recession in decades. In past recessions, community colleges …

L.A. community colleges will remain online-only through spring
4 years, 3 months ago

L.A. community colleges will remain online-only through spring

LA Times  

L.A. City College, along with eight others in the Los Angeles Community College District, will remain closed at least until summer 2021. The Los Angeles Community College District, the largest in the nation, will remain online-only for the rest of the academic year amid the region’s ongoing coronavirus public health crisis, the system’s chancellor has announced. Riverside said it is …

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