![]() The National Student Clearinghouse attributes this to growing numbers of freshmen (12.8%) and dual enrolled high school students (8%).Īfter three years of slight gains, enrollment at public four-year universities in California dipped 1.6% over the last year. This increase in community college numbers parallels a national increase of 0.5%. The increase is not enough to catch up to prepandemic numbers: there were 898,598 community college students in the state this spring compared to 1.1 million in spring 2019. The increase was due in large part to a 7% increase in California’s community college enrollment. College enrollment ticked up in California this springĪfter three years of declines, enrollment in California’s colleges ticked up by 2% since last spring, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Emma Gallegosįriday, May 26, 2023, 9:38 am Link copied. ![]() Legal experts told the Times that masking the race boxes on the Common App could protect colleges from liability, in the wake of a ban on race-conscious admissions practices. ![]() The New York Times notes that the nonprofit organization’s move is one of the first concrete examples of how admissions could transform in the wake of a decision from the U.S. The Common App is used by over 1,000 colleges and universities. The Common App will allow colleges to block a student’s information beginning Aug. Supreme Court justices mentioned the phrase “checking the box” during oral arguments last October. Common App said in a statement that the new option will help colleges comply “with whatever legal standard the Supreme Court will set in regards to race in admissions.” Supreme Court is expected to bar affirmative action soon. The Common App, the application that 1 million students use to apply to college each year, is making it possible for colleges to block a “race box,” the box a student checks to indicate their race or ethnicity. Eyes on the Early Years Newsletter Archive.Local Control Funding Formula Explained.California’s Homeless Students: Undercounted, Underfunded And Growing.Full Circle: California Schools Work To Transform Discipline.Tainted Taps: Lead puts California Students at Risk.Education during Covid: California families struggle to learn.College And Covid: Freshman Year Disrupted.Adjuncts’ gig economy at CA community colleges.California’s Community Colleges: At a Crossroads.A town’s library fight spotlights inequities.We partner with churches, community organizations, and schools in the Greater Austin area seeking volunteers to help impact the lives of elementary students. As a faith-based community, we have an opportunity to partner a church and/or business with each school, reading to children one-on-one, while supporting educators as they help children to learn and grow. With over 250 elementary schools located in the Greater Austin area, the need to reach every child is tremendous. ![]() With the program growing rapidly and with more children in need of extra support, there’s a place for you to make a difference in a child’s education and life. Today, more than 1,246 volunteers are serving at least 2,845 students in 12 school districts across Central Texas, by sitting with elementary children each week for 30 minutes to read one-on-one. In 2010-11, we began reading with students at 1 elementary school in Leander ISD. The answer was simple: to support children’s literacy and decrease school dropout rates. In 2009, the church community asked city leaders what we could do to make a lasting impact in the greater Austin area.
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