So far this year, 14,870 students have signed up for credit classes in the spring compared with 19,289 by this time last year, a 23 percent decline. And registration is down 34 percent compared with two years ago, a difference of 7,524 students, according to a daily count of spring registrations that began more than two weeks ago. “Every lost student points to the strong possibility of an education lost,” said Alisa Messer, president of the City College faculty union. “The vast majority of those students are not going to other colleges. We would be seeing thousands of new students at neighboring community colleges, and we’re not.” Despite its plunging enrollment, City College remains one of the largest schools in the country.

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by Nanette Asimov, The San Francisco Chronicle.

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