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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. Increased competition Community college enrollment is facing several new external threats outside of the traditional competition from other colleges.

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La Familia: Five Ways Institutions Can Support Hispanic Families  

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Research indicates that Hispanic students are more likely to attend underfunded schools with fewer resources, resulting in limited access to quality education. Hispanic families experience higher levels of economic inequality compared to other ethnic groups.

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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. The same holds true for low-income students.

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New York Expands Direct Admissions Program

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Most notable among these plans is the expansion of direct admissions, an enrollment tactic gaining popularity among several states and adopted by the Common Application, along with a focus on students in the top 10% of their class. Spanning 64 campuses, SUNY is the nation's largest state system of higher education, enrolling some 1.3

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Black Enrollment in Liberal Arts Colleges

The Thoughtful College Search

The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education recently published its annual survey of Black first-year enrollment in leading national liberal arts colleges. The biggest story is that Amherst has set a new standard for enrollment of Black students, with 100 Black students in this year’s entering class, or a percentage of 19.5.

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Missouri State Program for Autistic Students to Expand Thanks to Donation

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The program supports autistic students enrolling in college for the first time and pursuing an associate degree at MSU-WP. MSU-WP's ASCEND program provides one-on-one counseling, tutoring, and a separate ASCEND class to help autistic students make the transition to higher education.

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Birmingham-Southern

The Thoughtful College Search

It tried many of the strategies that other institutions have used to increase enrollment, but none of them worked. After moving back to Division 3 for athletics, it added football, a lever many small colleges have used to increase enrollment, particularly male enrollment. What are the lessons from Birmingham-Southern’s demise?

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