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CHEV: Enrollment has rebounded to pre‑COVID levels but long‑term decline in traditional students will force hard choices
Summary
Scott Fleming, director of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, told the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee’s higher education subcommittee that ‘‘Total enrollment at Virginia's public institutions of higher education has roughly returned to pre COVID levels,’’ while warning of a long‑term decline in traditional undergraduate students.
Scott Fleming, director of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, told the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee’s higher education subcommittee that ‘‘Total enrollment at Virginia's public institutions of higher education has roughly returned to pre COVID levels,’’ while warning that demographic shifts will create sustained headwinds for many campuses.
Fleming said the statewide rebound is stronger than the national trend — roughly 4.6% year‑over‑year in Virginia versus about 2.5% nationally — and credited expanded enrollment of Black, Hispanic and Asian students and growth in dual‑enrollment programs. ‘‘That favorability ... is driven primarily by enrollment of students of color and traditionally underrepresented populations,’’ he said.
The report to the subcommittee laid…
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