Online Learning Update

June 26, 2021

6 charts showing the state of college enrollment in spring 2021

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:09 am

Hallie Busta, HigherEd Dive

The higher education sector didn’t get a reprieve from the enrollment losses that defined the fall term, new data shows. Instead, the numbers from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center found a few enduring trends. In all, colleges reporting to the Clearinghouse brought in roughly 600,000 fewer students this spring compared to a year ago, a figure that includes graduates and undergraduates. That’s more than the 460,000-student decrease between the falls of 2019 and 2020. The pandemic is exacerbating a trend in recent years of fewer men enrolling in postsecondary education. Shorter-term credentials could be one option for this group, the publication noted, though the latest Clearinghouse data shows the steepest declines at community colleges, which offer more such programs.

https://www.highereddive.com/news/6-charts-showing-the-state-of-college-enrollment-in-spring-2021/601781/

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