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Panel Focuses on Providing Support to Black Male Students During the Pandemic

Since March 2020, Dr. Linda Garcia has been investigating the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on community college students. Garcia is the executive director of the Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCSSE), and she noticed that, although the pandemic has negatively affected all students, Black students have been impacted the most. Garcia and the […]

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Decline in Spring College Enrollment Slowed Prior to COVID-19, Says Report

Data gathered prior to the impact of COVID-19 shows there was a decrease in postsecondary enrollment in spring 2020 but the pace of decline slowed compared to the previous four years, says a report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Overall postsecondary enrollment in spring 2020 decreased 0.5%, or by 83,803 students, from spring […]

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Dual Enrollment Works. But Who Is It Working For?

Study after study shows the benefits of dual enrollment, or partnerships that allow students to take college courses while in high school. Dual enrollment allows students to get ahead and ease into college with a familiar, supportive framework. But the experts who analyze these programs are still asking themselves how to design these opportunities to […]

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College Enrollment Declining, ATCC Matches National Trends

In October 2018, 18.9 million people were enrolled in college in the United States. That was 1.5 million fewer than in 2011, according to recently-released data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey School Enrollment Supplement. The number of students enrolled in two-year colleges during that same period dipped by 25%, or 1.4 million, […]

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College Enrollment Declining, ATCC Matches National Trends

In October 2018, 18.9 million people were enrolled in college in the United States. That was 1.5 million fewer than in 2011, according to recently-released data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey School Enrollment Supplement. The number of students enrolled in two-year colleges during that same period dipped by 25%, or 1.4 million, […]

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Southwest Community College Awarded $2.1M Grant to Promote Student Success, Equity

Southwest Tennessee Community College received $2.1 million to improve student success, while closing achievement gaps between white students and students of color. The college is one of 64 institutions of higher education to receive a federal Title III grant through the Strengthening Institutions Program. Southwest hopes to improve course success and retention and graduation rates […]

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What Graduation Rates Have Missed for Community College Students

For years, federal data essentially ignored the outcomes of the typical community college student. The official Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) graduation rate counted only students who had enrolled in college for the first time and attended full time. It did not count transfer students or part-time students, even though 65 percent of community […]

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Enrollment is Still Falling at Community Colleges in Hampton Roads

Enrollment at Tidewater Community College for the semester that began a few weeks ago is down 8.1% from last fall. As of last week, the college had enrolled the equivalent of 10,961 full-time students, nearly a thousand under fall 2018. The figure is a calculation used for college funding. The total number of actual students […]

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Economy, Affordability to Blame in Decreased Community College Enrollment

New research from the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) found that postsecondary institutions are struggling to recruit students. Every two years, SREB–a nonpartisan nonprofit that works to improve education throughout the southern states–publishes a Fact Book of Higher Education which collects data on higher education and analyzes long-term trends for state legislatures and policymakers. “Our […]

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Riverland Community College Enrollment is Up

This year, a few more students are calling the Riverland campus home than the year before. According to Riverland Community College President Adenuga Atewologun, preliminary numbers show enrollment among all three campuses is up this year. “It’s too early for us to know exactly where we will end up, but we are anticipating we will […]

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Enrollment Growing at Riverside County Community Colleges, Even as it Levels Off Statewide

Riverside County’s community college students have arrived in their largest numbers yet, even as their numbers have plateaued statewide. Initial figures Monday, Aug. 26, showed 10,306 students enrolled at Moreno Valley College for the fall 2019 term, 16,455 enrolled at Mt. San Jacinto College and 21,000 at Riverside City College, nearly all up from previous […]

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Making It Easier To Attend And Finish Community College

At seven local high schools, half of the nearly 1,200 college-bound students in the Class of 2019 are headed for community college in the fall, according to a recent survey by the Boulevard Sentinel. There’s good news for these students. For starters, tuition and fees will be waived in the first two years of community […]

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