Students at Grand Rapids Community College pass out T-shirts to promote virtual student life offerings during the fall semester.Students at Grand Rapids Community College pass out T-shirts to promote virtual student life offerings during the fall semester.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.
"Those are institutions that were already operating in many cases on very thin margins even before the pandemic," says Doug Shapiro, who leads the research center at the Clearinghouse. He says the community college numbers are"most worrisome" because of the students they tend to serve. "As time drags on and we're still seeing millions of unemployed," Shapiro says,"I just don't think that we're going to ever get to the point where many of them [potential students] are in a position, or confident enough about the future, to say this is a good time to go back to school."
Students may want to consider an online university. Online learning is a great way to be productive with this time—and with a flexible curriculum and nearly 20 years of experience teaching online, APU may be a perfect place for one to start.
I bet some of these newly adults are taking care of their siblings or cousins at home while their parents work. We can't keep ignoring the childcare problem.
How motivating is it to go to college when unemployment and the job market offer little incentive? Let’s think, why do students go to college?
Online anywhere is not ideal. Taking gap year will be problematic since the next class will be very over crowded and and students wont be able to get classes.
Perhaps due to employers not offering tuition reimbursements. In part at least.
If a person already has a bachelor's degree and loses their job they will not qualify for financial aid at a community college.
I think what you're missing here is that a healthy chunk of the pool that have CC as an early option are maybe opting for a trade or going right into the workforce nowadays. That shift is real.
Defund NPR!
Well yeah. Financial pressures have led many students to work instead of going to college at all. Online learning is a huge challenge for many students. They might just be taking a gap year.
This seems crazy to me. Who would want to pay for an expensive first year at a four-year college when it’s all distance learning? Community college all the way!
At 103 a credit hour, no💩!
The cure will be worse than the disease.
Why do people want to pay for zoom classes at community college, WHY?
maga keep them stupid enough to fall for the con.
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