Rand Issues Commentary: Students Who Disappear Before They Count
December 05, 2025
December 05, 2025
SANTA MONICA, California, Dec. 5 -- Rand issued the following commentary on Dec. 3, 2025:
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The Students Who Disappear Before They Count
By Rita T. Karam, Charles A. Goldman and David Mahan
U.S. community colleges are finally rebounding from the pandemic, though they are still not back to pre-2020 enrollment levels. Only about one-quarter of colleges have recovered their full student body. But there's a more troubling loss that institu . . .
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The Students Who Disappear Before They Count
By Rita T. Karam, Charles A. Goldman and David Mahan
U.S. community colleges are finally rebounding from the pandemic, though they are still not back to pre-2020 enrollment levels. Only about one-quarter of colleges have recovered their full student body. But there's a more troubling loss that institu . . .