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Black Enrollment Declines, Gaps Increase

A new report details disparities in academic outcomes for Black community college students.

‘The Straw that Broke the Camel’s Back’

Alabama Community College System leaders say they’ve made major strides toward stability amid rampant leadership turnover. But state lawmakers aren’t convinced the pattern won’t continue.

A Women’s College Goes Coed, and ‘Chaos Ensues’

Notre Dame of Maryland University abruptly announced it would begin admitting male undergraduates next fall to combat enrollment declines. Backlash from students and alumnae was swift.

Transfer Enrollments Continue Pandemic-Driven Decline

Transfer enrollment from two- to four-year institutions, already down in 2021, continued to fall through the second year of the pandemic, the National Student Clearinghouse finds.

‘Radical Level of Change’

A new report argues that high enrollment of out-of-state students at public flagship universities has increased costs for those students and led to more student debt.
Opinion

Building Transparent Statewide Transfer Pathways

Private nonprofit colleges and associations can do more to realize the potential of community college transfer to independent institutions, Loni Bordoloi Pazich, Julia Karon and Daniel Rossman write.

Who Will Teach?

Coconino Community College freezes its automotive technology program after only a year because of an unsuccessful search for an instructor, an increasingly common plight for career and technical education fields.
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Completion Boost for 2-Year Students Who Take (Some) Online Courses

Black, Hispanic and low-income community college students who take up to half their courses online increase their odds of completing degrees, a working paper finds. Fully online learners are less likely to earn a credential.