In its first Signature Report, “National Postsecondary Enrollment Trends: Before, During, and After the Great Recession,” the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center documented a period of accelerated growth in community college enrollments that peaked in 2009-10. In this follow-up analysis, we see that the enrollment increases were followed by a corresponding increase in the number of degrees awarded through 2010-11.

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