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ERIC Number: EJ1429315
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 8
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0009-1383
EISSN: EISSN-1939-9146
From the Disruption of the Pandemic, a Path Forward for Community Colleges
Michal Kurlaender; Susanna Cooper; Francisco Rodriguez; Edward Bush
Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, v56 n3 p29-36 2024
Four years after the onset of COVID-19, enrollment and persistence at community colleges is rebounding, although still not to prepandemic levels. Community college leaders report that a key strategy in encouraging enrollment and persistence is a drive toward more flexibility in course formats, including modes of delivery modality, materials, and course length. Federal and state recovery relief funds were largely spent on supporting student needs, including increasing direct aid and relieving students of fines or debts that in the past would have barred them from registering or reenrolling. Ongoing challenges include institutional agility to address racial/ethnic and economic inequalities in student enrollment and persistence that were exacerbated by the pandemic. As a result of navigating pandemic-era challenges, community colleges can be better positioned to reengage students, rebuild their enrollments, and leverage pandemic disruption for meaningful change.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: California
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305X220016