The Education Exchange: Community Colleges Are Bearing the Brunt of Postsecondary Enrollment Declines

Their fortunes depend on the whims of the labor market, new paper argues

Photo of Joshua GoodmanJoshua Goodman, an associate professor of education and of economics at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Goodman’s latest research, which looks into how the job market can impact college enrollment in two-year institutions.

Labor Market Strength and Declining Community College Enrollment,” co-written with Joseph Winkelmann, is available now at NBER.

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