EdSource carries an article on enrollment fraud at community colleges. Apparently, phony students apply, get financial aid, and then disappear. Bad actors now use bots to create phony students. Various efforts are being made to spot the fraud and block phony applications. However, there is a buried lede in the story that may create problems for UC:
“What we’re hearing is that (fraud) is happening more widespread than people are letting on, but people just have their heads in the sand because it looks good to have your enrollment going up,” said [Todd] Coston [an associate vice chancellor] with the Kern Community College District.
Full story at https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2024/04/financial-aid-fraud/.
This line is something of a buried lede. UC has various enrollment targets for transfers from community colleges. But these targets are in part based on assumptions about community college enrollment. If enrollment numbers are inflated by fraud, it will be that much harder for UC to meet those goals.
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