ENROLLMENT BOOM EXPECTED.Byline: Brent Hopkins Staff Writer WOODLAND HILLS - 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. expects to see a tremendous increase in students in 2001, Chancellor Mark Drummond reported Wednesday. Meeting throughout the afternoon 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. , college district officials announced that their roster of full-time enrolled students will jump from 80,234 in the 1999-2000 school year to a projected 92,696 in 2000-01. Both Drummond and Pierce College president Rocky Young credited the strength of the district's programs as its main drawing card. ``You don't have increases like this because guys like me and Rocky say `This place is pretty good,' '' Drummond said. ``It's because of hard work by our instructors and staff.'' Young announced Wednesday that Pierce is extending its services to both high school students and senior citizens through specialized programs. After testing 15 students in a pilot program, Pierce expects to admit 50 high school juniors into the fast-track honors program this summer. Through an agreement with the University of California, Los Angeles UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college), seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students, and that number is steadily rising. , students will attend classes at Pierce during their senior year in high school. After spending a full year at the community college in the honors program, they will matriculate ma·tric·u·late tr. & intr.v. ma·tric·u·lat·ed, ma·tric·u·lat·ing, ma·tric·u·lates To admit or be admitted into a group, especially a college or university. n. at UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX as full-time students. And while at Pierce, they'll get nothing but the best, Young said. On the other end of the spectrum, Pierce is also expanding its adult learning courses through the Encore program. Begun last semester, the noncredit non·cred·it adj. Of, relating to, or constituting an educational course that does not offer credit toward an academic degree. courses have been extremely popular with senior citizens, director Diane Levine reported. It will now offer 15 courses, ranging from Shakespeare to Internet technology, and will serve 400 students, double the number enrolled last semester. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Young, catering to nontraditional students such as these is of key importance to Pierce. ``We've made an effort to make this a nurturing institution,'' he said.'' |
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