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Community College Enrollment Plunges Following Onset of Pandemic

Community College Enrollment Plunges Following Onset of Pandemic
The Elgin Community College campus in Elgin, Ill., on Oct. 24, 2018. Editors2021, CC BY-SA 4.0
Matthew Vadum
Matthew Vadum
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Enrollment at U.S. community colleges suffered a steep decline after the arrival of the CCP virus last year, falling 11.3 percent in the spring of 2021 compared to the year-earlier period.
In the same time frame, among community college students aged 18 to 20, enrollment plunged an even bigger 14.6 percent, Caleb Rider reports at The College Fix, drawing upon data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Columbia University’s Community College Research Center, and EducationData.org. Community college students in that age range make up more than 40 percent of all undergraduates.