TCUs See Enrollment Declines Due to COVID-19

Apr 14, 2021 | College Fund in the News

Native American community colleges see enrollment declines - Marketpl_ - www.marketplace.org
Native American community colleges see enrollment declines - Marketpl_ - www.marketplace.org

Freshman enrollment dropped more than 25% across Montana tribal colleges and universities last fall, and nationwide all Native American student enrollment experienced the largest drops nationwide. Montana Public Radio reporter Aaron Bolton speaks to President Cheryl Crazy Bull of the American Indian College Fund, tribal college presidents, and tribal college students about how COVID-19 and the digital divide in Montana’s rural reservation areas fueled many students’ decisions not to enroll or return to college last fall. https://www.marketplace.org/2021/04/14/native-american-community-colleges-see-enrollment-declines-because-of-covid-19/

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