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New reports from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center and some states show an “unprecedented” decline in college enrollment among high school graduates—especially the most underserved.
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By Dian Schaffhauser 12/14/20 Due to changes in education wrought by COVID-19, the number of 2020 high school graduates who went to college immediately this fall dropped by nearly 22 percent compared to 2019 graduates, almost eight times the pre-pandemic loss rate of 2.8 percent. The decrease occurred across the board, in all kinds of high schools. But the decline hit high-poverty schools the hardest, where college enrollment dropped by nearly twice as much as higher income schools. The analysis was undertaken by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center in its eighth annual "High Sc...
By Dian Schaffhauser 12/14/20 While there was little effect on high school graduation rates this year, due to changes in education wrought by COVID-19, the number of 2020 high school graduates who went to college immediately this fall dropped by nearly 22 percent compared to 2019 graduates, almost eight times the pre-pandemic loss rate of 2.8 percent. The decrease occurred across the board, in all kinds of high schools. But the decline hit high poverty schools the hardest, where college enrollment dropped by nearly twice as much as higher income schools. The analysis was undertaken by the Nat...
High School Class of 2020 College Enrollments Decline 22% Compared to 2019 Class Graduates from High Poverty, Low Income, and Urban High Schools Hit the Hardest News provided by Share this article Share this article HERNDON, Va., Dec. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center released today the eighth annual High School Benchmarks report that shows far fewer high school graduates went to college immediately after high school this fall, declining by 21.7 percent compared to 2019 graduates. ...the pandemic impacted high school graduates in their immediate col...