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CCAC has lost half its student body since 2010. As fewer students show, the consequences for Pittsburgh grow.

PublicSource launched "Pencils Down" this week, a series on how plummeting enrollment and low success rates at the Community College of Allegheny County harm students and the Pittsburgh region.

The pandemic accelerated enrollment declines at CCAC but the trend stretches back years.

“We hire a lot of CCAC graduates,” said Kelly Kassab, chief operating officer of Jefferson and Canonsburg hospitals, in the Allegheny Health Network. “If one of our biggest educators is not producing at the same level as they were, it could hurt all of the health systems around here.”

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Weinstein's filing showed up Monday evening: Roughly three days late, John Weinstein's campaign reported taking in $1.35 million in 2023. The county executive campaigns of Sara Innamorato, Michael Lamb and Dave Fawcett each reported receiving contributions totaling more than $600,000.
Cameryn Gray, a sophomore history major at Pitt, told PublicSource for this photo essay on the trans experience: “I feel like I’m living a life I never knew I was supposed to live now,” Cameryn reflected, “I didn’t know [cisgender] people were constantly feeling this gratification all the time.”

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