加利福尼亚州社区大学留校率：2024年秋季入学学生32%春季未返校，三分之一学生一学期后流失
加利福尼亚州，11 月 2 日——加利福尼亚州社区大学学生中，每三人就有一人在秋季入学后、次年春季没有返校；坚持连续三个学期学习的学生不到一半。过去十年间，加州社区大学的留校率没有显著改善，而随着加州推动更多人接受高等教育，有大学经历却没有学位的加州人数量仍在继续增长。
据 EdSource 2026 年 11 月 2 日报道，数据来自加利福尼亚州社区大学校长办公室与全国学生信息交换研究中心：2024年秋季入学的加州社区大学学生中，32% 没有在 2025年春季返校。社区大学官员说，较低的留校率——即学生从一学期继续到下一学期的比例——反映了学生群体的构成：多数学生为兼职就读，因而更不容易坚持；另一些学生入学是为了获得新技能，而非取得副学士学位。
年龄差异明显：24 岁及以下学生中，秋季到春季未返校的比例为 25%；25 岁及以上学生中，这一比例要高得多，约为41%。族裔差异同样存在：在学生人数超过 1 万人的族裔群体中，黑人学生未返校比例最高，为 37%；相比之下，白人学生为 33%，亚裔学生为28%。加州社区大学校长办公室分析团队执行副校长约翰·赫茨（JohnHetts）说：“入学门槛非常低，这很了不起，但这也意味着入学所需要的投入也较低。他们没有那么多的切身利害关系。”
加州四年制公立大学系统的留校率更高。公共政策研究所加州高等教育中心主任奥尔加·罗德里格斯（OlgaRodriguez）说，与四年制大学学生相比，社区大学学生更可能已为人父母、同时工作，这些额外的责任可能打断他们的学业。争取大学机会运动（Campaignfor College Opportunity）政策与倡导副总裁约书亚·哈根（JoshuaHagen）说，投入高等教育却没有获得证书的学生，错失了大学学位带来的全部经济收益。加州大学戴维斯分校教育政策教授米哈尔·库兰德（MichalKurlaender）则说，即使没有学位，一些大学教育也能给劳动者带来经济收益；但库兰德与哈根都强调，如果加州希望实现到 2030 年让70% 的加州人获得高等教育证书的目标，各学院与大学必须在留住学生方面做得更多。
（来源：EdSource）
California Community College Retention: 32% of Fall 2024 Students Did Not Return in Spring, One in Three Lost After One Term
CALIFORNIA, November 2 — One in three California community college students who take courses in the fall do not return the following spring, and fewer than half persist in their studies for three consecutive semesters. Over the last decade, community colleges' retention rates have not significantly improved, while the number of Californians with some college experience but no degree has continued to grow as California has pushed to enroll more students in higher education.
According to EdSource on November 2, 2026, the data come from the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office and the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center: 32% of California community college students enrolled in fall 2024 did not return for the spring 2025 term. Community college officials say the low retention rate — the share of students who continue their education from one term to the next — reflects the makeup of their student population: most students attend part time, making them less likely to persist, while others enroll to gain new skills rather than to earn an associate's degree.
The age gap is wide: 25% of students age 24 or younger did not return from fall to spring, while among students 25 and older the share was much higher, about 41%. By race and ethnicity, among groups with more than 10,000 students, Black students had the highest non-return rate at 37%, compared with 33% of white students and 28% of Asian students. John Hetts, executive vice chancellor of the analytics team in the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office, said: "The barrier to entry is very low, which is exceptional, but it also means the commitment that you have to have to enter is also lower. They don't have as much skin in the game."
Retention rates at California's four-year public university systems are higher. Olga Rodriguez, director of the Public Policy Institute of California's Higher Education Center, said community college students are more likely than four-year students to be parents and to work while attending college, and those additional responsibilities can interrupt their education. Joshua Hagen, vice president of policy and advocacy at Campaign for College Opportunity, said students who invest in postsecondary education but do not earn a credential miss out on the full financial benefits of a college degree. Michal Kurlaender, a UC Davis professor of education policy, said even some college education, without a degree, can provide financial benefits to workers; even so, Kurlaender and Hagen emphasized that California colleges and universities must do more to retain students if the state hopes to reach its goal of having 70% of Californians earn a postsecondary credential by 2030.
(Source: EdSource)
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