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PORTLAND â Students by the thousands appear to be steering clear of Oregonâs public and community colleges this fall.
Early figures suggest enrollment could be 5% lower this fall compared to a year ago, which itself was a historically bad year for Oregon higher education due to the pandemic. Through April, the stateâs public colleges had received the fewest financial aid applications since 2009, which administrators attributed to lingering concerns about the pandemic and the economic impact of the virus.
âItâs really scary,â said Chuck Knepfle, vice president of enrollment management at Portland State University, which is preparing for a 5% enrollment decline this fall on top of a 7% drop in the current year. The biggest drop for PSU has been from low-income families in the Portland area. âThis pandemic has hit poor families really hard. I think thereâs some general frustration at the value of a college education.â
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