COMMUNITY COLLEGE ENROLLMENTS REBOUND.Byline: Robert Robert, Henry Martyn 1837-1923. American army engineer and parliamentary authority. He designed the defenses for Washington, D.C., during the Civil War and later wrote Robert's Rules of Order (1876). Noun 1. Monroe Monroe. 1 Industrial city (1990 pop. 54,909), seat of Ouachita parish, SE La., on the Ouachita River; founded c.1785, inc. as a city 1900. The center of the great Monroe Natural Gas Field (discovered 1915), it has important chemical plants, as well as Daily News Staff Writer Despite a year of cutbacks, local community colleges report that enrollments are surging for summer school and fall semesters. Pierce Pierce may refer to: Places
``We're really thrilled thrill v. thrilled, thrill·ing, thrills v.tr. 1. To cause to feel a sudden intense sensation; excite greatly. 2. To give great pleasure to; delight. See Synonyms at enrapture. with the summer. It's what we anticipated and budgeted for,'' said Joy McCaslin, vice president of student services at Pierce College In 2006 the Library won a national Excellence award. Academics Pierce College offers associate's degrees, mainly in the arts and sciences. There are also certificate programs in early childhood education, social services, dental hygienist, and others. , which is predicting a jump of more than 50 percent in its summer school enrollment. At Pierce, 5,085 students have enrolled in summer school, compared to 3,397 this time last year when the college had to turn students away. Mission has signed up 37 percent more students for fall classes. Valley is ahead of last year's fall enrollment by nearly 300 students despite having opened the sign-up period a week later. The spikes spikes see peplomer. represent a turnaround Turnaround A situation where a company that has had poor performance for an extended period of time experiences a positive reversal. Notes: A speculator may profit from a turnaround if he or she accurately anticipates the improvement of a poorly performing company. from spring 1998 when the Los Angeles Community College District The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) is the community college district serving Los Angeles, California and some of its neighboring cities. In addition to typical college aged students, the LACCD also serves adults of all ages. faced a $13 million deficit and local campuses slashed slash v. slashed, slash·ing, slash·es v.tr. 1. To cut or form by cutting with forceful sweeping strokes: slash a path through the underbrush. 2. the number of classes offered to ward it off. But with the new growth comes an increase in the resources needed to accommodate the new students. Mission College, a school plagued by scarce parking and a foiled foil 1 tr.v. foiled, foil·ing, foils 1. To prevent from being successful; thwart. 2. To obscure or confuse (a trail or scent) so as to evade pursuers. n. Archaic 1. expansion attempt, is adding 30 sections in fall. It will stagger class start times and offer some courses at Monroe High School For other uses, see James Monroe High School. Monroe High School may refer to:
``Mission is moving up faster than any other school in the district,'' Norlund said. ``If you look at all of our vital signs, they're extremely good.'' All three colleges attributed their enrollment bursts at least in part to the addition of more classes, catching supply up to the pace of demand. McCaslin said Pierce anticipated more students this summer at the beginning of the 1998-99 school year and set aside $600,000 to accommodate them. Norlund credited grants that will help expose the college to students and a cable television campaign that will air Mission College spots 1,200 times this summer. Pierce is offering 1,294 class sections this fall, an increase of 25 over fall 1998. It's modest but a sign of improvement over last year, when the college slashed 224 class sections, McCaslin said. ``There's a possibility that we could add more,'' she said. Valley College's increase is most modest. The 4,232 students who have enrolled for fall so far represent only about a 5 percent increase over last year. Spokeswoman Shannon Stack said Valley's cuts were not as severe as other colleges, and consequently, it had a shorter road to recovery. Still, Valley is offering 50 more class sections, something unthinkable in 1997, when the school faced a $3.4 million budget deficit. ``We're back to where we were three years ago and then some,'' said Vice President of Academic Affairs Sue Carleo. COMMUNITY COLLEGE ENROLLMENT Mission, Pierce and Valley colleges report strong enrollment. PIERCE COLLEGE 19981999 Summer 3,397 5,085 Fall 4,569 4,494 MISSION COLLEGE 1998 1999 Summer 1,634 1,533 Fall 1,230 1,682 VALLEY COLLEGE 1998 1999 Summer 5,552 5,382 Fall 4,045 4,232 SOURCE: Los Angeles Community College District, based on enrollment figures to date compared to same dates in 1998. CAPTION(S): chart Chart: Community college enrollment growing (see text) |
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