The economic challenges that students and their families face as a result of the pandemic will likely mean significant changes in postsecondary enrollment.

While postsecondary credentials will increase in importance, enrollment may be harder to predict. Conventional wisdom suggests many more adults will return to school while academic disruptions this spring may make traditional student enrollments more unpredictable. Most higher education leaders are unsure whether or not institutions will be fully re-opening in September. The panel discusses approaches and options for the fall.

ACCT General Counsel Ira Shepard and his colleague Catherine Walters discuss what community college leaders need to know about gender bias in the workplace.

Sara Goldrick-Rab leads a discussion on the challenges of food and housing insecurity facing community college students and efforts to address those challenges. Presidents from three Texas community colleges discuss approaches from three different perspectives—a large urban district, a moderate-sized college in a borderland, and a rural college in the Panhandle.