The good news is that four year colleges have a declining enrollment and fewer applicants. The better news is that students are making a rational decision to get an education instead of an expensive, and worthless, indoctrination.
“Some of the changes have been programmatic: offering bachelor’s degrees and more flexible ways to earn associate degrees. Others have been related to infrastructure, like attempts to kickstart on-campus housing, once a rarity for community colleges, though a funding issue could put some of these plans in jeopardy. “
Why go into debt to learn how to riot and hate? Get an education, for your future—go to a community college.
California Community Colleges Are Changing
From new bachelor’s degrees to new ways of earning associate degrees, California’s community colleges are adapting to an evolving educational system.
Jakob McWhinney, Voice of Diego, 12/27/23 https://voiceofsandiego.org/2023/12/27/california-community-colleges-are-changing/
California’s community college system was hit hard by the pandemic. Even in the larger landscape of enrollment decline in education, the blow to community colleges was unique in scale. At one point, community colleges across the state had lost about 417,000 students, or about 18.5 percent of its total student population. It was the lowest enrollment for the system in three decades. For many community college students, who skew older and tend to be working people, the pandemic necessitated a focus on their jobs rather than on education.
Colleges responded with a full-frontal marketing attack to lure students back. In San Diego, for example, advertisements for the San Diego Community College District popped up on billboards, city buses and trolleys. Enrollment has since ticked up slightly, but it remains much lower than pre-pandemic levels.
In the face of that pressure, community colleges have begun adapting.
Some of the changes have been programmatic: offering bachelor’s degrees and more flexible ways to earn associate degrees. Others have been related to infrastructure, like attempts to kickstart on-campus housing, once a rarity for community colleges, though a funding issue could put some of these plans in jeopardy.
What it all amounts to, however, is a significant shift for the system as a whole.
