ERIC Number: ED627955
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Apr
Pages: 45
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Bringing Adults Back to Community College Playbook: Strategies and Recommendations to Increase Adult Enrollment
Geary, Chris
New America
Community college enrollment has significantly declined since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Between the spring 2020 term and the spring 2022 term, community college enrollment declined by nearly 17 percent nationwide. This alarming trend has posed a threat to the well-being of community colleges and the students they serve, which includes more than half of all undergraduate students from low-income families. Community college enrollment declines threaten to worsen educational inequities. The Center on Education & Labor at New America partnered with six community colleges to reenroll adult students who had stopped out of college since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. This playbook contains findings and recommendations stemming from this project and is designed to help community colleges across the country better engage, recruit, enroll, and serve adult students.
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Enrollment Trends, Declining Enrollment, Adult Students, Stopouts, COVID-19, Pandemics, Learner Engagement, Student Recruitment, Educational Policy, Academic Advising, Student Costs, Student Financial Aid, Grants, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Flexible Scheduling, Student Needs, Vocational Education
New America. 740 15th Street NW Suite 900, Washington, DC 20005. Tel: 202-986-2700; Fax: 202-986-3696; Web site: https://www.newamerica.org
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges; Adult Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: ECMC Foundation
Authoring Institution: New America, Center on Education and Labor
Identifiers - Location: Illinois (Chicago); Illinois; Oregon; Louisiana (New Orleans); Louisiana
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Pell Grant Program; Higher Education Act Title IV
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