Confidence in financial stability: Community college business officers are confident about the financial stability of their institutions over the next five years. (Read the PDF.) Kent Phillippe / Rahel TekleKent Phillippe is associate vice president…
Students in military service: Compared to for-profit colleges, a smaller percentage of community college students are veterans or currently in the military, but, numerically, many more students with military experience attend community colleges. (Read the…
Less need for federal loans: Only one-quarter of community college students who received Pell grants took on federal-loan debt in 2015-16, compared to nearly two-thirds of students at public four-year institutions. (Read the PDF.) Kent…
The effects of the recession: Right after the most recent recession marked the peak in the percent of community college students receiving federal aid. But the recession also appeared to have cooled employers’ willingness to…
Challenges in STEM: Between the 2008-09 and 2016-17 academic years, Hispanic students’ share of attaining sub-baccalaureate STEM credentials rose from 13 percent to 17 percent, while the share for black/African-American students decreased from 14 percent…
Fast growth: Dual/concurrent enrollments have been on the rise at community colleges, going from 4.5 percent of their students in 2001, to 11.2 percent in 2017. (Read the PDF.) AACC StaffMore Posts – Website
Potential pool of students: Nationally, about 78.1 million adults do not hold a postsecondary degree or other credentials as of 2017. Of those, 17.2 million are first-generation immigrants and 6.6 million are second-generation. (Read the…
Support for tuition-free college: Almost three-fourths of American adults back tuition-free college for qualifying students. (Read the PDF.) AACC StaffMore Posts – Website
Education and earnings: Earnings increase with education levels, but they also increase based on the selected discipline. (Read the PDF.) AACC StaffMore Posts – Website
Outlook on Work-Study: Only 18 percent of funding for the Federal Work-Study program goes to public two-year colleges, compared to 36 percent to public four-year colleges and 41 percent to private nonprofit institutions. (Read the…