1991

WEEK OF

By C•thy H•yden Clarion-Ledger SteHWriter

Enrollment at state's two·year colleges

Enrollment at Mississippi's two– year college:. is booming, with four schools reporting gains topping 10 percent. Preliminary figures show enroll– ment grew an overall 3.8 percent, with just one college, Northwest Community College in Senatobia, reporting fewer students. Final figures likely will show an overall 5-percent enrollment in– ntasetl~aid Olon Ray, executive di– t£>r of the state Board for Com– \}nit} ,IJ'ld Junior Colleges. Non- rtdit,ip,nal students over age 25 ake u~ much ofthe enrollment in– crtase ~hey represent about one– hard of the colleges· total enroll– tnt,,Ray said. 'Enrollment is increasing be– ause Of the economic condition of ht , {\te. .Non-traditional students \ e le urned to school during a lump m the economy," said Barba– tlruck.. of Yazoo City, chairwoman fthe-stateJuruor college board. ege.:; reponing 10 percent or more gl'O'\'th: • t Mi:::.-issippi Community a mes Community College in

College Coahoma

Last year This year Change Percent

1,323 1,973 1,372 1,048

1,367 2,163 1,395 1,180 10,293 2,446 3,720 -4,202 3,032 2,364 9049 3,070 3,903 3.060 1,572

44

3.0 9.6

Copiah-Lincoln

190

1 7

23

East Central

132 292 268 125

East M1SS1Ss1pp1

12.6

10,001 2,178 3.595 4,111 2,940 2,122 8,871 3,041 4,009 2,749 1,520

Hinds

2.9

Holmes

12.3

ltawamba

35 2.2 3.1

Jones County

91 92

Meridian

Mississippi Delta Miss. Gulf Coast Northeast M1ss. Northwest Miss.

11 4

242 178

2.0

29

.9

-106

-2.6

Pearl River

311

11.3

Southwest Miss.

52

3.4

Totals:· 3.8 'Figures do not include students in industrial start-up, Adult Bas1c Edu- cat1on. and other spec1al. non-credit classes. Those students will be counted 1n the offio1al enrollment statistics released mOctober. Source: MissiSSIPPI two-year colleges 50,853 52,816 1,963

We hope the funding is going to be such that we can accommodat • students more effectively \\ith faculty," said Beth Williams, dian– man of the 725-member Missi ·.p. pi Faculty Association for Comm • nity and Junior College~ Students in noncredit cour will be included in thb month', cia1 enrollment count Last be.r. the colle~e~ enrol ed z tota S& 150 tnrtcrcdit and n

They want $109 million in fiscal 1993. "We are under a financial strain," said Wayne Sullivan, director ofde– velopment and planning at ltawamba Community College in Fulton. Fewer dollars translates into in– creased class size, heavier teaching loads and rlormitoey waiting lists. "\\ e hoiQ on to tnat ra\ of hope that it's S ct~rnPQraty Ritt.tatiOll ..

ament 'financia strai tion Co e.r.> ~ay they need rnillio in iscal 1993 to 192 teachers i 1any classe~ n

ha"e 4 -~ "'tu nts. "We've eot .;;everal arger than we want them to be, but th~ re not large enough to be detrimental to learning," ::.aid East l\tj.. ,j.. ,ippi President Tomm.) Davi...