For community colleges, a lack of trust contributes to a lack of students

There’s a crisis in higher education. Community colleges, which educate nearly half of all American undergraduates, are experiencing a decade-long drop in enrollment. Since 2011, student numbers have dropped from 7 million to 5.5 million. This drop has many complex causes outside of colleges’ control, but there is one important thing colleges can do to bring back enrollment: rebuild trust. And the key to that trust? Delivering greater value to more students.