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This state is trying to help more Black men finish college

Even before the pandemic, higher education had an enrollment problem. The last few years have made it worse. That’s particularly true for community colleges, where enrollment dropped 13 percent since 2019. The number was 21 percent for Black men. As part of our Rethinking College series, Stephanie Sy reports on how some California programs are trying to reverse that trend.