Black and Latino enrollment plummets at Massachusetts community colleges
Massachusetts community colleges saw enrollment of first-year Black and Latino students decline by one-third this past fall, a stunning drop that underscores the upheaval and economic distress the pandemic has caused in communities of color.

“I don’t think anybody expected the decline, particularly among students of color, to be so large,” said Carlos Santiago, the state’s higher education commissioner.

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