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6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023

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Blogs 6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023 For the past two years, it’s been difficult to focus on anything beyond the immediate consequences of the pandemic. But now as we find ourselves stabilizing, it’s time to pause and take stock of the full landscape facing community colleges. get your copy 2.

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Diversity Gains at Selective Colleges Modest, Study Finds

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Marginal' Diversity Gains Among Selective Colleges The Georgetown study evaluated college enrollments among selective, moderately selective, and open-access institutions between 2009 and 2019, the decade before the pandemic hit and turned higher education sideways. And it grew among moderately selective colleges from 18% to 23%.

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Missouri State Program for Autistic Students to Expand Thanks to Donation

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ASCEND, established in 2022, helps autistic students make the jump to college. The Missouri community college has not yet announced specific uses for the gift. A Missouri community college will increase its investment in a program aiding autistic students' transition to college.

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Alabama Nonprofit Joins Push to Diversify the Tech Field

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However, as of 2021, Black engineers make up only 5% of the field , unchanged since 2009. EDPA hopes these internships will inspire students to stay in the startup and innovative career fields in Alabama. The Annenberg Institute at Brown University study said HBCUs produce 40% of all Black engineers and 27% of Black STEM undergraduates.

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New York Expands Direct Admissions Program

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This year, 65,000 students received admissions letters to the system's community colleges and information about CUNY's four-year universities. In 2009, Texas amended the policy, raising the threshold to 6-7% for the University of Texas at Austin. Texas that the state's affirmative action system was unconstitutional.

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Fundraising During Uncertain Times: What Not to Do

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Indeed, during the 2008-2009 recession, giving fell along with the economy, and it took three years for philanthropy to start growing again. Understandably, fundraisers don’t want to seem tone-deaf to the possible financial hardships or fears of their constituents. But there are also significant risks to halting solicitations altogether.

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Yes, You Can Major in Beer

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In 2009, the U.S. Such growth didn't escape the attention of college faculty, including Matthew McCarroll at Southern Illinois University, who in 2011 took a leave of absence to visit brewing programs at the University of California, Davis and Oregon State University , with an eye toward establishing one on his campus. beer market.