Stimulus deal delivers billions in pandemic aid to colleges, but much more is needed, advocates say Danielle Douglas-Gabriel
Replay Video UP NEXT Congress is throwing a lifeline to colleges and universities in the $900 billion stimulus package, but higher education experts say the relief aid is not enough to stave off a fiscal crisis in the sector. With many students either fully remote or sparsely populating campuses, schools are forgoing money from room and board, parking, bookstores and events. Enrollment is down across the country, sinking tuition revenue, and the ongoing public health and economic crises raise fears of continued declines.
National Student Clearinghouse Research Center
The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center released its final report on fall enrollment during the COVID-19 pandemic, which includes data from most institutions in the country.
The data haven t changed much throughout the fall semester. Overarching trends, like the decline in community college enrollment, increases in graduate student enrollment and drops in first-time freshmen, have remained consistent since the first report.
The final word is that, over all, college enrollments declined 2.5 percent this fall. This is twice the rate of decline reported in fall 2019. Higher education lost about 400,000 students this fall.
Community college enrollment saw the sharpest declines, and freshman enrollment is down 13.1 percent, about steady with the previous report. Community college enrollment is down 10.1 percent, up from the 9.5 percent decline in the last report. Public colleges over all lost 4 percent of their enrollment,
Dec 15, 2020 SARANAC LAKE North Country Community College is pleased to announce the new members of its Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society for the fall 2020 semester. The purpose of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society is to recognize and encourage scholarship among associate degree students. To achieve this purpose, Phi Theta Kappa provides opportunities for the development of leadership and service, for an intellectual climate to exchange ideas and ideals, for lively fellowship for scholars, and for stimulation of interest in continuing academic excellence. North Country’s Beta Theta Pi Chapter was charted in 1999 and has successfully inducted 1,027 members to date. Inductees have shown great academic achievement as well as an interest in the hallmarks of Phi Theta Kappa. Each semester, invitation to membership is extended by the chapter to students who have completed at least 15 hours of course work at NCCC with a minimum 3.5 grade point average, leading to an asso
Former FPTC Director joins Wallace Community College
Staff Feature
WASHINGTON AND HOLMES COUNTY – Imagine being able to train for a new skill and earn while you learn. Thanks to Wallace Community College-Dothan’s (WCCD) commitment to apprenticeships, that possibility is an open door to skills training in an employer-driven field.
Martha Compton, former director of Florida Panhandle Technical College, is bringing her commitment to children s excellence to Wallace Community College. Compton is joining WCCD as the College’s new Business and Industry Coordinator, after retiring from FPTC in November, serving for over 30 years in Washington County school District.
The College said Compton has strong beliefs about the opportunities that apprenticeships offer.
CCRC blog post
Students incomes appear to have had major impacts on whether they continued at community colleges or left completely during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new analysis from the Community College Research Center at Teachers College of Columbia University.
The analysis, published in a blog post, used U.S. Census Bureau data that has been collected every two weeks since the summer from 100,000 random addresses. The researchers used the data from about 25,000 people who reported having community college plans, either as first-time or continuing students, for at least one person in their household from August through mid-October.