Provide new and personalized support and policies for students most affected by pandemic disruptions to college enrollment and retention¶

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Description¶

The report's implications chapter argues that the decline in two-year college enrollment and retention in 2020, especially among students of color, "underscores the need for new and personalized support and policies for the students who may have been most affected by the pandemic." It directs district, higher education, and non-profit partners to support the classes of 2019, 2020, and 2021 through pandemic-disrupted application and enrollment processes.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• District, higher education, and non-profit partners coordinating supports across high school and college transitions

Constraints¶

• The report examines only summer and fall enrollments and does not capture spring 2021 outreach to unenrolled students

Target Learners¶

• CPS graduates transitioning to college, particularly two-year college enrollees and students of color

Target Learning Goals¶

• College enrollment and retention through postsecondary transitions

Claims¶

• Latinx two-year college students' spring-to-fall return rates declined most among race/ethnicity and gender groups in 2020 [+W]

Related Strategies¶

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Nagaoka, J., Mahaffie, S., Usher, A., & Seeskin, A. (2021). College during the pandemic: Immediate enrollment and retention of CPS Graduates in Fall 2020. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. https://toandthrough.uchicago.edu/nsc-iccb-technical-report