In CC Daily, an online publication from the American Association of Community Colleges, FTCC President Dr. Mark Sorrells lays out five re-enrollment strategies to help meet the needs of adult learners at community colleges.
From the story “Community colleges face a crisis. Are former students the answer?”
Community colleges have played a significant role in increasing educational attainment, improving lifetime earnings and powering the nation’s economic growth. Two recent economic impact studies — one from North Carolina’s community colleges and another from Fayetteville Tech Community College — found that the average associate-degree graduate will gain between $6,900 to $8,100 in annual earnings over someone with just a high school diploma. And for every dollar invested in Fayetteville Tech, its graduates get $5 in lifetime earnings, and North Carolina residents receive a return of $9.60 in added income and social savings.
But the nation’s community colleges have the capacity to do so much more.
Read the entire story at ccdaily.com here: https://www.ccdaily.com/2023/04/community-colleges-face-a-crisis-are-former-students-the-answer/