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Analysis: Low-income community college students most likely to report canceling college plans

The pandemic is widening equity gaps as more low-income students and students of color leave higher ed.

Study Finds Connection Between Public Community College Promise Programs and Enrollment Increases

A new study funded by the American Educational Research Association (AERA) found a correlation between public community college promise programs and an increase in enrollment among female and underrepresented students.

How colleges can make prior learning assessment more equitable

One in 10 students got credit for work experience, with low rates among Black, low-income and community college students, a recent study found.

The Pandemic’s Effect on Community College Enrollment

As COVID-19 began to spread this past spring, course enrollment dropped substantially at California’s community colleges, especially among African American and Native American/Alaska Native students.

New Federal Survey Data Show the Pandemic Has Hit Would-Be College Students Hard

Predictions for the effects of the pandemic on students enrolled in education after high school were grim from the outset — and new survey data from the Census Bureau confirm that.

The Many Forms of Postsecondary Inequity

New federal data highlight differences in educational outcomes across many individual variables.
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