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The Center commends them for this Herculean task and commends their students for showing great perseverance in these unprecedented times.  \nThe Center for Community College Student Engagement, a service and research initiative in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy in the College of Education at The University of Texas at Austin, provides insights that matter for community colleges. The Center assists institutions and policymakers in using information to promote improvements in student learning, persistence, and attainment.  \n© 2021 Permission granted for unlimited copying with appropriate citation.  \nPlease cite this report as follows: Center for Community College Student Engagement. (2021). The impact of COVID-19 on  \nentering students in community colleges. [https://cccse.org/sites/default/files/SENSE_COVID.pdf](https://cccse.org/sites/default/files/SENSE_COVID.pdf)  \nOn the first day of the fall semester on college campuses across the country, new students are often filled with feelings of hope and anticipation for the opportunities that a college education can bring them and their families. But due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most students did not start college in the fall of 2020 surrounded by other students who were also excited for the journey they were about to collectively undertake. Instead, for the large majority of students, their only interactions with their college campuses were through computer screens—and even for the few who did take classes in person, the campus environment was undoubtedly altered by the pandemic.  \nTo understand the impact of COVID-19 on entering community college students, the Center added a specialfocus module to the 2020 administration of the Survey of Entering Student Engagement (SENSE ), a survey that asks students about their earliest experiences in college.  \nFrom an analysis of the responses to the module, it is clear that the pandemic has impacted some students  \nmore than others. Most respondents’ plans for college were not greatly impacted, and most who took classes online in the fall had reliable Internet access and the necessary devices to complete their coursework.  \nHowever, it is still too early to know the short-and longterm effects of the shift to the online environment in terms of student outcome measures such as course completion, GPA, and graduation.  \nWhile perhaps obvious, it is important to note that we were unable to survey students who delayed beginning college or whose circumstances changed in ways that made it not possible for them to enroll in college as a result of COVID-19 . According to the National Student Clearinghouse, in fall of 2020, community colleges experienced the largest enrollment declines of entering students across all segments of higher education. The largest of those declines were among Native  American, Black, and Hispanic students,1 reflecting other disproportionately negative impacts of the pandemic on these populations. 2 ,3  \nRespondents  \nThe COVID-19 Impact 12-item special-focus module was administered in fall 2020 to 5,193 entering students across 38 colleges. Thirty-three colleges administered the survey online and five colleges administered the survey in person, in the classroom.  \n1 THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON ENTERING STUDENTS IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW.CCCSE.ORG  \nThe Impact o","cbCaisIz2wSfJe3h","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisIz2wSfJe3h","pdf",3503399,12,"English","# Acknowledgments and purpose\n## Pandemic context for entering students\n# Survey design and respondent profile\n## SENSE special-focus module administration\n# Decision-making about college\n## Enrollment plans and study pathways\n# Student persistence and challenges\n## Financial hardship and caregiving","[{\"question\":\"What data and survey approach were used to study entering students during COVID-19?\",\"answer\":\"The study added a special-focus module to the 2020 Survey of Entering Student Engagement (SENSE). 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