Tarrant County College District Enrollment Down 21% Since Before Pandemic

Arlington TX

11 November, 2021

10:23 AM

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By Cecilia Lenzen, Fort Worth Report November 10, 2021 During her first semester at Tarrant County College, Denice Murillo fell behind in her classes while caring for hospitalized family members. Her second semester worsened when her grandfather died of COVID-19 and her father fell into an "almost depressive state." Murillo, 19, failed two classes and dropped another that semester because of the emotional and physical stress she faced. Like thousands of other recent high school graduates, she was forced to navigate the beginning of her college career amid complicated, stressful homelife situations and online learning modalities resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. For many students, the stress of the pandemic wasn't worth staying in school. As a result, student enrollment in the Tarrant County College District declined 21% from fall 2019 to fall 2021, according to district enrollment history data. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.