Local community college enrollment dropped steadily after 2010, then took a further beating in 2020. Can CCAC now capitalize on a modest rebound to stabilize revenues and fuel the regional workforce?
Emma Folts
Higher education reporter for PublicSource in partnership with Open Campus.
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Pittsburgh’s smaller colleges teeter on edge of ‘enrollment cliff’ and tuition drought
Private colleges abound in Pittsburgh, a city rebranded around the promise of “eds and meds.” But demographic trends, skepticism in the value of a degree and competition from other institutions spell fears for their future.
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Undocumented but undaunted, young immigrants aim for degrees but get few breaks on costs
As a teenager, Fernanda wanted her time in college to be like what she saw in movies. She wanted to attend a big university – one with name recognition – and live in a dormitory. She achieved that dream in 2015, but because she is undocumented, the experience came with a hefty price tag. At […]
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Chatham cut faculty compensation to trim its deficit. Now, some faculty want to unionize.
Professors at the financially troubled university say they feel “less and less involved” in decisions — which is why they want bargaining power, and also why they might have a legal leg to stand on.
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With the value of a degree in doubt, high schoolers are exploring other routes
With college costs rising and the payoff in doubt, the tried-and-true narrative that has long pushed seniors to apply has been cast into doubt.
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Pitt presses charges against protesters calling for greater LGBTQ support
The University of Pittsburgh pressed charges against at least three non-student protesters and held conduct hearings for eight students after they disrupted a public Board of Trustees meeting.
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The Pittsburgh Promise helped thousands of students pay for college. As costs rise, the funding is going away.
Since its founding in 2008, The Pittsburgh Promise has helped nearly 12,000 students to attend college by funneling $170 million into fees, tuition and living expenses. But in a few years that funding will dry up.
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CMU grad students demand inflation payments as organizing efforts trickle up
More than 550 graduate students signed a petition calling for all campus workers to receive one-time inflation payments extended earlier this year to CMU staff and faculty. Leaders say more demands will follow.
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On Chatham’s anxious campus, faculty recount funding frustrations as deficit reduction takes hold
The university in Squirrel Hill North has said little about its accounting and budgeting systems, but some faculty saw little beyond spreadsheets.
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With ‘affirmative action’ out, Pittsburgh college applicants ask: Does race have a place?
It’s the first college application season since the Supreme Court ruled race out as a consideration. Universities are attempting new ways to recruit diversely while applicants adjust their tactics.