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Enrollment in the city’s network of public colleges had been in freefall since the start of the COVID pandemic, dropping 17%. Now it’s ticked up 2% year-over-year.
Researchers extrapolate from data in the California school system. After the COVID-19 crisis hit in March 2020, federal student aid applications in the U.S. dropped sharply among potential first-year students, according to a study published in Educational Researcher. Oded Gurantz and Christopher Wielga of the University of Missouri in Columbia used data from the California Student Aid Commission and the American Community Survey to study trends among college applicants in California. They compared trends in the total volume and characteristics of submissions of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) from mid-March through mid-August 2020, relative to three prior submission cycles. They also analyzed individuals’ background information to identify neighborhood income and ethnic characteristics.
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