2024 State of the College Report

Global and National Events: • Two financial crisis: Global Crisis - 2007-2009, COVID – 2020 • Two hurricanes: Irene – 2011, Sandy – 2012 • Multiple Wars/Military Interventions: Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Somalia, Ukraine, Israel/Gaza, Yemen… • Five pandemics/epidemics: Swine Flu (2009), Ebola (2013-2016), Avian flu (2013-2019), Zika (2015-2016), COVID (2019 – present) • Social Unrest: Occupy Wall Street (2011), Charlotte NC (2016), Multiple incidents linked to police shootings, (BLM) – George Floyd (2020), Israel-Gaza War (2023-present) • Four U.S. Presidents: Bush, Obama (2), Trump, Biden…. • Political Polarization: US Elections Protests (2020-2021), Attack on the US Capitol (Jan. 6, 2021)