'There were a few older people ... saying I needed to 'go to college right now or else,'' said one student who deferred her enrollment. 'And it’s like, 'Well, guys, this is all of our first pandemic. We can’t really go with 'tradition' right now.''
, with community colleges seeing the biggest drop with a decline of 8%, according to data reported as of Sept. 10.
"These are already institutions operating on very thin margins, struggling to survive," Shapiro said.Community colleges have been hit particularly hard, which is unusual during times of economic uncertainty. Often, recessions send people flocking to community colleges to pick up skills for new jobs. But this isn’t like economic downturns of the past, said Martha Parham at the“It’s concerning, to say the least,” Parham said.
“Parents and students are planning more and thinking a lot more about having a safety net,” she said. One major issue: the lack of student work-study jobs, because most campus offices are closed. Students are looking for ways to fill that gap, she said, not just financially but also on their resumes.
“I’m supposed to be singing, conducting choirs, doing private lessons. … But you can’t conduct large-scale rehearsals over Zoom,” he said. Plus, the uncertainty of the academic year weighed on him. “I didn’t know what it would take to shut everything down — one case? One case in our program specifically? I don’t want to take out $50,000 in loans without knowing.
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