Enrollment fraud appears to have exploded since California schools received billions of dollars during the pandemic, but state officials and legislators don’t appear to be in a hurry to fix anything, said Kim Rich, who teaches at the Los Angeles Community College District.
The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office said in a 2021 memo that 20% of its enrollment and financial aid traffic is malicious. Rich estimates that half that amount, or 10% of the 1.8 million students, have succeeded in enrolling.More than 200 new students are enrolled every day in Rich’s district alone. The average student gets $5,000 in aid from the state’s 116 community colleges.
The chancellor started requiring colleges in August 2021 to submit suspected and verified fraud. In addition, applicants are now required to have a verifiable email address or phone number.
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