"Continuing the Explore the Exodus from Higher Education" contains new insights into how today’s potential college students are looking for assurance that their time and money in higher education will lead to a better future.
A follow-up to the 2022 research study, this updated study report covers:
How higher education must prove value to potential students, who are currently more attracted to immediate, lower-cost options;
How each phase of the college journey—pre-college, paying for college, attending college—contains “problem areas” that must be addressed;
How students want expert help along the way, in addition to financial assistance; and
How media matters—the tone of information about college impacts perspectives on future attendance.
This follow-up study, conducted by Edge Research in partnership with HCM Strategists, and with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, summarizes insights from September – October 2023 through 10 focus groups conducted in June 2023 and a n=4,848 national online survey of high school graduates, 18-30 years of age, who decided not to go to college or dropped out of a 2-year or 4-year college program (n=3,130) and High Schoolers (n=1,718).
This toolkit is designed for you to share with your network. Whether you are a policymaker, higher education leader, member of the media or current or potential college student, we recognize that the higher ed sector needs to do a better job articulating the why of college that delivers more tangible, clear supports along the academic journey and a more immediates ROI for learners that leads to better outcomes and good jobs.
Data set requests or media inquireis can be sent to info@hcmstrategists.com.
March 2023
Embargo lifts on public release of data, March 13, 2024 at 3am EST.
What is the #highered risk assessment for potential students? Students are looking at the time it takes to get a degree + cost + usefulness of that degree to = a valuable ROI guarantee of economic stability. Read our updated study for more insights: https://tinyurl.com/hcmedge
📈🎓 Are higher education institutions meeting the needs of today's potential students? The latest study by HCM Strategists & Edge Research, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, explores this and more. Check out more insights: https://tinyurl.com/hcmedge #HigherEducation #StudentNeeds #ROI
Despite the empirical value of a college degree, research by Edge Research and HCM Strategists, on behalf the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, shows that waning trust in higher ed comes from multiple sources and a lack of supports along one's economic journey.
https://usprogram.gatesfoundation.org/news-and-insights/articles/student-perceptions-of-american-higher-education
Speak up for Black learner excellence and success by sharing these posts and calls to action with your network today.
We believe it is critical for Black Americans to have equitable opportunities to attain a postsecondary credential which creates access to higher-wage jobs and increases social and political capital that impacts not only their lives but their families, future generations and increased economic sustainability for America’s overall economy.
Alarmingly, over the last 20 years, the nation has lost 300,000 Black learners from the community college system, with participation rates among Black students lower today than they were 20 years ago — a documented and drastic decline in access and enrollment long before the wide-reaching effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. When looking across all sectors roughly 600,000 Black learners have disappeared from American higher education, threatening both their personal economic success, the success of the communities they enrich, and the vitality of our diverse workforce and country.
This tool kit is designed for you to share with your network. Whether you are a policymaker, higher education leader, nonprofit partner, educator, student, graduate, or anyone else who wants to champion our reform efforts for a better higher education system, you can use the content below to spread the word in support of success for Black learners.
Learn more at https://blacklearnersuccess.com/.
Educational investment in Black learners deepens communities' outcomes of its youth and their futures. But since 2011, Black learners' community college has dropped 44%. Stand with leaders nationwide advocating for equal access to quality education: https://blacklearnersuccess.com/speakup
The 20-year exodus of Black students from higher education is indicative of a system that has never fully supported or embraced them. Learn how leaders are changing this: https://blacklearnersuccess.com/
#BlackLearnerSuccess
The barriers to college access and opportunity are systemic. The solutions must be as well. Sign up to ensure Black learners and all learners have the accessible, relevant & quality educational opportunities and outcomes they deserve. #BlackLearnerSuccess https://blacklearnersuccess.com/speakup
According to @McKinsey, closing the racial wealth gap would add $1.5 trillion to the economy in 2028. Education provides access to higher-wage jobs and impacts economic sustainability for America's economy. To Level UP sustainable futures, start here: https://blacklearnersuccess.com/speakup
To eliminate barriers and ensure that education remains a driver to economic prosperity and overall increased quality of life for Black learners, it will take innovation to improve policies and practices in higher education. https://blacklearnersuccess.com/speakup
Together, we can build a future of #BlackLearnerSuccess in higher ed. We're calling on institutions & policymakers to ensure that places of higher education are accessible and welcoming to all, regardless of a student’s race or background: https://blacklearnersuccess.com/speakup
Our students deserve equitable, personalized pathways to a bright future -- and that’s worth fighting for, unapologetically. See our framework for attracting and retaining more Black learners to community colleges across the nation. https://blacklearnersuccess.com/speakup
The steady decline of enrollment and completion among Black learners in higher education threatens decades of economic gains and vitality. To stop this persistent issue, we must enhance the value proposition of higher education for Black students: https://blacklearnersuccess.com/speakup
@iamkeithcurry, president/CEO of @ComptonCollege began the movement to speak up for Black Learner Success. Read how he calls upon leaders to unapologetically build opportunities for Black student success in Dr. Curry's latest op-ed: https://edsource.org/2023/unapologetically-building-opportunities-for-black-student-success/693112.
It's long past time for us all to advocate for accessible, relevant, and quality educational opportunities and outcomes for Black learners—sign the form and lead the way to deliver on the high education all learners deserve. https://blacklearnersuccess.com/speakup
A college credential remains the surest path to economic and social mobility - yet for Black learners, college hasn't always lived up to its promise. Champion sustainable futures for Black learners, our communities, and the economy here: https://blacklearnersuccess.com/speakup
Across every sector, we all have a role to play for #BlackLearnerSuccess, together. Get real about the reality Black learners experience in our education system, and learn how to take action wherever you lead: https://blacklearnersuccess.com/speakup
Research shows that when we all have access to relevant, quality, affordable postsecondary education, our whole community benefits; however across the country, community college enrollment among Black learners has dropped 44% since 2011.
Join leaders from across the nation who are speaking up and leveling up for Black learner success: https://blacklearnersuccess.com/speakup
#BlackLearnerSuccess
The 20-year exodus of Black students from higher education is indicative of a system that has never fully supported or embraced them. Learn how leaders are changing this: https://blacklearnersuccess.com/
#BlackLearnerSuccess
The barriers to college access and opportunity are systemic. The solutions must be as well. Sign up to ensure Black learners and all learners have the accessible, relevant, and quality educational opportunities and outcomes they deserve. https://blacklearnersuccess.com/
#BlackLearnerSuccess
According to Mckinsey & Co, closing the racial wealth gap would add $1.5 trillion to the economy in 2028. Education provides access to higher-wage jobs and impacts generations of economic sustainability for America's overall economy. To achieve sustainable futures, we need to LEVEL UP for Black Learner Success by starting here: https://blacklearnersuccess.com/speakup
Education is one of the strongest vehicles to economic prosperity and overall increased quality of life; however, Black learners still face persistent barriers to achieving mobility. It will take innovation to improve policies and practices in higher education. That's where you come in: https://blacklearnersuccess.com/speakup
Right now, leaders are failing Black learners in higher education -- but together, we can build a future of #BlackLearnerSuccess. We're calling on state and federal institutions and policymakers at all levels to ensure that places of higher education are accessible and welcoming to all, regardless of a student’s race or background: https://blacklearnersuccess.com/speakup
Our students deserve equitable, personalized pathways to a bright future -- and that’s worth fighting for, unapologetically.
See our framework for attracting and retaining more Black learners to community colleges across the nation. https://blacklearnersuccess.com/speakup
The steady decline of enrollment and completion among Black learners in higher education threatens decades of economic gains and vitality. To stop this persistent issue, we must enhance the value proposition of higher education for Black students: https://blacklearnersuccess.com/speakup
@iamkeithcurry, the president/CEO of @compton_college began the movement to speak up for Black Learner Success.
Read how he calls upon leaders to unapologetically build opportunities for Black student success in Dr. Keith Curry's latest op-ed: https://edsource.org/2023/unapologetically-building-opportunities-for-black-student-success/693112.
It's long past time for us all to advocate for accessible, relevant, and quality educational opportunities and outcomes for Black learners—sign the form and lead the way to deliver on the high education all learners deserve. https://blacklearnersuccess.com/speakup
A college credential remains the surest path to economic and social mobility - yet for Black learners, college hasn't always lived up to its promise. Champion sustainable futures for Black learners, our communities, and the economy here: https://blacklearnersuccess.com/speakup
Across every sector, we all have a role to play for #BlackLearnerSuccess, together. Get real about the reality Black learners experience in our education system, and learn how to take action wherever you lead: https://blacklearnersuccess.com/speakup
Research shows that when we all have access to relevant, quality, affordable postsecondary education, our whole community benefits; however across the country, community college enrollment among Black learners has dropped 44% since 2011.
Join leaders from across the nation who are speaking up and leveling up for Black learner success: https://blacklearnersuccess.com/speakup
The 20-year exodus of Black students from higher education is indicative of a system that has never fully supported or embraced them. Learn how leaders are changing this: https://blacklearnersuccess.com/
The barriers to college access and opportunity are systemic. The solutions must be as well. Sign up to ensure Black learners and all learners have the accessible, relevant, and quality educational opportunities and outcomes they deserve.
https://blacklearnersuccess.com/speakup
According to McKinsey & Company (tag), closing the racial wealth gap would add $1.5 trillion to the economy in 2028. Education provides access to higher-wage jobs and impacts generations of economic sustainability for America's overall economy. To achieve sustainable futures, we need to LEVEL UP for Black Learner Success by starting here: https://blacklearnersuccess.com/speakup
Education is one of the strongest vehicles to economic prosperity and overall increased quality of life; however, Black learners still face persistent barriers to achieving mobility. It will take innovation to improve policies and practices in higher education. That's where you come in: https://blacklearnersuccess.com/speakup
Right now, leaders are failing Black learners in higher education -- but together, we can build a future of #BlackLearnerSuccess. We're calling on state and federal institutions and policymakers at all levels to ensure that places of higher education are accessible and welcoming to all, regardless of a student’s race or background: https://blacklearnersuccess.com/speakup
Our students deserve equitable, personalized pathways to a bright future -- and that’s worth fighting for, unapolegetically.
See our framework for attracting and retaining more Black learners to community colleges across the nation.
https://blacklearnersuccess.com/speakup
The steady decline of enrollment and completion among Black learners in higher education threatens decades of economic gains and vitality. To stop this persistent issue, we must enhance the value proposition of higher education for Black students: https://blacklearnersuccess.com/speakup
Dr. Keith Curry (tag) the president/CEO of Compton Community College District (tag) began the movement to speak up for Black Learner Success.
Read how he calls upon leaders to unapologetically build opportunities for Black student success in Dr. Keith Curry's latest op-ed: https://edsource.org/2023/unapologetically-building-opportunities-for-black-student-success/693112.
It's long past time for us all to advocate for accessible, relevant, and quality educational opportunities and outcomes for Black learners—sign the form and lead the way to deliver on the high education all learners deserve. https://blacklearnersuccess.com/speakup
A college credential remains the surest path to economic and social mobility - yet for Black learners, college hasn't always lived up to its promise. Champion sustainable futures for Black learners, our communities, and the economy here: https://blacklearnersuccess.com/speakup
Across every sector, we all have a role to play for #BlackLearnerSuccess, together. Get real about the reality Black learners experience in our education system, and learn how to take action wherever you lead: https://blacklearnersuccess.com/speakup
