Tag: Enrollment

After enrollment dips during the pandemic, ACC launches program to help students return

Austin Community College is partnering with the nonprofit InsideTrack to boost student reenrollment in the school after a drop in students seeking higher education degrees during the COVID-19 pandemic, the nonprofit announced Wednesday. In this partnership, the nonprofit will provide outreach and “holistic” coaching to more than 6,800 former ACC students who stopped taking classes […]

‘Obamacare’ sign-ups surge to 20 million, days before open enrollment closes

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some 20 million people have signed up for health insurance this year through the Affordable Care Act marketplaces, a record-breaking figure. President Joe Biden will likely proclaim those results regularly on the campaign trail for months to come as former President Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner, vows to dismantle the Obama-era program. […]

Thousands of Schools at Risk of Closing Due to Enrollment Loss

Days before Christmas, the school board in Jackson, Mississippi, voted to close 11 schools and merge two more — a drastic move that parents in the district had long feared. Some on the list have lost 30% or more of their students since 2018. Despite the district’s high poverty, Superintendent Errick Greene said he could […]