Oregon’s 17 community colleges have managed to slow steep pandemic drops in enrollment according to figures released Friday but their future is uncertain.
Last year, the total student headcount was down 23% from the year before. This year, it slowed to a drop of less than 1%.
Still, community colleges enroll 60,000 fewer students today than they did a decade ago – a 40% drop – as Oregon’s population has grown.
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