“Life gets in the way,” said Gee Scott. “I think that today, it is harder than it was 20, 30 years ago. And the reason why that is, is because of all of the topics we talk about on a daily basis, which is housing affordability, wages, etc.'
. “I think that today, it is harder than it was 20, 30 years ago. And the reason why that is, is because of all of the topics we talk about on a daily basis, which is housing affordability, wages, etc. So you can say, ‘I’m going to go ahead and go to community college by day and then get that part-time job at night.
Students over the age of 25 faced double-digit percentage drops in four-year colleges and a 17.2% drop in community colleges over the last two years. The decline in enrollment occurred exponentially during the pandemic, with community colleges witnessing a 10% drop in 2021 compared to the previous year, according to the NSC report. The same can not be said for four-year colleges, which only saw a 1% drop overall during that same period.
“Two-year community colleges have the worst completion rates of any kind of universities and colleges, only slightly more than 40% finish within six years, and nearly half of the students drop out within a year,” said Ursula Reutin, co-host of The Gee and Ursula Show, in response to the report. “This idea that community college is supposed to help make that transition to a four-year college easier, but in many cases, students say they aren’t meeting up with an advisor.
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