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Hanging onto the Demographic Cliff: How Community Colleges Can Climb

March 2022 by Tony Pearman

Jon Boeckenstedt’s essay, published by The Chronicle of Higher Education, takes a look at national trends created by the sharp drop in birth rates that started in 2007 and the potential consequences. Public high school graduations are expected to peak in 2025 at 3.5 million students, and then fall off. Since baby boomers first […]

Finding the Missing Hispanic Students

March 2022 by Rachel Spencer

Undergraduate college enrollment is down across the board, but an article from The Chronicle of Higher Education highlights staggering statistics surrounding the decline in Hispanic Americans pursuing their degree, and the implications of their absence in higher education. Many colleges around the country are facing the fact that Hispanic students are not coming back to class. The […]