A new federal report projecting employment over the next decade shows that healthcare and social assistance is expected to have the largest growth and be the fastest-growing industry sector between 2023 and 2033. Employment growth in the field — anticipated to be 1% annually over the period — will be driven by an aging population and more […]
DataPoints: New data on dual enrollment
Roughly one-fifth (20.4%) of public community college enrollment consisted of students still in high school in the 2022-23 academic year, according to newly released data from the U.S. Education Department (ED). For the first time, the National Center for Education Statistics collected data through the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) on students taking credit courses in […]
DataPoints: Serving students with disabilities
The percentage of public community colleges with more than 3% of their students reporting a disability has decreased slightly, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Education. In the 2020-21 academic year, 41.3% of community colleges indicated more the 3% of their students had reported a disability, dropping to 39.2% of the colleges in 2021-22. […]
DataPoints: Bipartisan support for CC baccalaureates
At a time when almost everything in the country seems to tilt either to the right or the left, community college baccalaureate (CCB) degrees are a notable exception. Twenty-four states now confer CCB degrees, according to the Community College Baccalaureate Association (CCBA) national inventory, with 12 states colored blue and 12 colored red. The map below […]
DataPoints: Fewer recent high school grads enroll in community college
Of the 3.1 million students ages 16 to 24 who graduated from high school between January and October 2023, 1.9 million (61.4%) were enrolled in colleges or universities in October of that year, according to a recent analysis by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). That’s a bit lower compared to the 62.0% rate in […]
DataPoints: CC baccalaureates by race/ethnicity
Minority-serving institutions (MSIs) comprise half of the nation’s community colleges that offer bachelor’s degrees, according to recent research. Of the 187 higher education institutions approved to confer community college baccalaureates (CCB) in 2023, 94 were MSIs, and 93 were predominantly White institutions, says the report from the Community College Baccalaureate Association (CCBA) and its research partner Bragg & Associates. […]
DataPoints: Voters value higher ed (with an asterisk)
The American public may have little trust in U.S. higher education, but it recognizes its value, according to a new report from the centrist think tank Third Way. However, that view may be changing. A spring survey of 1,500 registered voters nationwide found that Americans have an overwhelmingly favorable view of trade schools (77%), public community colleges […]
DataPoints: Dual enrollment and postsecondary outcomes
Dual enrolment (high school students taking college courses) has increased dramatically over the past two decades. Some community colleges report that more than half of their students are still enrolled in high school. However, data have suggested that access and success of students in dual-enrollment programs is not necessarily equitable. The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) […]
DataPoints: Trends among adjunct/part-time instructors
Over the past 10 years, the number of faculty (part-time and full-time) at public community colleges has decreased along with declining enrollments, from 397,424 faculty in fall 2013, to 321,552 faculty in fall 2022. The decline in faculty has mostly been part-time faculty, as the ratio of full-time to part-time faculty decreased from 69.2% in […]
DataPoints: More colleges offer on-campus housing
The number of community colleges that report college-operated, on-campus housing has been slowly increasing, with about one-quarter of the nation’s public two-year colleges today offering the accommodations. Based on American Association of Community Colleges analysis of Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System data, in 2010, 22.8% of public community colleges ran on-campus housing; by 2022, it increased to slightly more […]