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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Impact of unpaid balances on student registration at CUNY
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Sarmiento details the significant issue of unpaid balances preventing CUNY students from registering for classes, highlighting the scale and demographics of affected students.
- Over 15,000 CUNY students have unpaid balances preventing registration in 2024
- More than 8,200 undergraduates owe $2,000 or less
- 75% of impacted students are Black or Latino
- Over 500 students with disabilities are affected, with most owing less than $2,000
- The Bronx and Brooklyn have the highest concentration of students with debt
Reine Sarmiento
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And yet the need remains enormous.
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In 2024 this year, over 15,000 students, CUNY students have unpaid balances preventing them from registering.
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Among these students, more than 8,200 undergrads owe 2,000 or less.
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And more than 12,000 face barriers that are black or Latino and that's 75% of our impacted population.
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Over 500 students with disabilities are locked out with the majority owing less than 2,000.
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When we look across the boroughs it is uninspiring that the communities most economically challenged are those with student debt is most concentrated.
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The Bronx, nearly 4,000 students.
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Brooklyn, over 4,000.
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Queens, these New Yorkers have all made the effort to enroll, study and persist.
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And now they are stalled by relatively small debts for them often real and insurmountable.