In a recent article by Dahlia Faheid, college enrollment is taking a hit with a 6.8% reduction in enrollment. It is uncertain as to if the decline is completely Covid related or a product of a slow decline and disruption of student’s higher education goals.
Educators and professionals have watched the continuous unsteady navigation of non-profits trying to stabilize a shaky market, complicated by the exit of ill-managed funds and profit school closures. Strategies include trying to keep students enticed by decreased tuition plans and faster track programs. Current players in the market for prospective students and title IV funding have had to compete within an already saturated market of schools offering advanced degrees that are totally online, affordable tuition rates and on time completion.
Faheid’s article sheds light on the direction higher education is headed since post- pandemic life.
Fewer Students in Class of 2020 Went Straight to College
By Dahlia Faheid
Education Week , April 6,2021
Amid a sharp decline in college enrollment during the pandemic, graduates of low-income, high-poverty high schools were disproportionately affected, with their enrollment dropping most steeply, new data reveals.
“If you’re a low-income kid, a kid of color, a first-generation college-going kid, the actual process necessary for you to get from high school to college is incredibly fragile, even in the best of circumstances,” said Derrell Bradford, the executive vice president of 50CAN, a national nonprofit that advocates for equitable schools. “The tiniest hiccup can mean that your entire college experience is derailed. The focus it takes to make sure that an underprivileged kid gets to college, matriculates, and manages to stay there for all four years is immense.”
The eighth annual “High School Benchmarks” report from the National Student Clearinghouse found that, as of Nov. 16, college enrollments dropped by 6.8 percent—more than quadrupling the pre-pandemic rate of decline, a pattern magnified based on poverty level. Overall, 56.5 percent of the 2020 graduating class enrolled in postsecondary school immediately after graduating, compared with 60.5 percent for the 2019 graduating class.
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