Boosting Enrollment at Urban Community Colleges: Strategies for Success

Student’s Name Professor’s Name Course March 13th, 2021 “Looking ahead, I believe that the underlying importance of higher education, of science, of technology, of research and scholarship to our quality of life, to the strength of our economy, to our security in many dimensions will continue to be the most important message” Charles Vest Response to the Enrolment issues in Urban Community College Education Introduction It is unquestionable statement that majority of community colleges especially in urban areas of the United States of America have been facing rapid decrease in enrolment rates. Community colleges have the capacity to offer many students with practicable pathways into school completion and graduation, employment opportunities with adequate income; however, enrolment issues are deterring this process. The appropriate action plan for urban community colleges is if they were to improve and restructure their existing packages and approach a diverse category of students. The main focal point of urban community college should be on retention efforts. This includes creating and implementing inclusive approaches to boost the rates of completion and graduation through joint attempts to rationalize degrees by getting rid of extra free electives and trimming down departments. This could be made possible with joint, strategic and implemented projects like Guided Pathways that is reinforced by technology (Warren, 9). The Guided Pathways reform movement cons