RICH KREMER, BYLINE: Public, technical and community colleges have borne the brunt of pandemic enrollment declines. Since fall of 2019, they’ve lost more than 700,000 students. The drop was around 16% among men and 10% among women. In Wisconsin, enrollment at state technical colleges dropped by 34% over the past decade. It’s dropped more than 60% at two-year University of Wisconsin System campuses. That comes as Wisconsin employers say they’re increasingly desperate to hire enough workers.
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