Community college enrollment has significantly declined since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Between the spring 2020 term and the spring 2022 term, nationwide community college enrollment declined by nearly 17 percent. This alarming trend has posed a threat to the well-being of community colleges and the students they serve, which includes more than 1.7 million adult learners. Since fall 2021, our team has partnered with six Student Ready Strategies, a technical assistance provider, and six community colleges to help re-enroll adult students who have stopped out of college since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, we invite you to join the Center on Education & Labor at New America and our distinguished panel on April 27 from 12-1 pm as we share our research and discuss how to bring adults back to community college.
Follow the conversation and provide live questions and commentary on Twitter with the hashtag (#BringingAdultsBack,#AdultLearners, or #AdultStudents) and by following the Twitter handles @NewAmericaEd & @NewAmericaLabor.
This is a virtual event.
Introductory Remarks:
Iris Palmer
Deputy Director, Community Colleges at New America
Research Presentation:
Chris Geary
Senior Policy Analyst, Center on Education & Labor at New America
Panel Discussion:
Michelle Wilson
Director of Evaluation and Learning, The National Fund for Workforce Solutions
Julia Lawton
Director of Program Administration, Achieving the Dream
Tess Henthorne
Senior Program Manager, College Excellence Program, The Aspen Institute