2007

East Central reports enrollment increase

on a full-time basis and 540 are considered part-time students. Joe Killens, vice presi– dent for student services. said he is "very pleased" with the increase, espe– cially following two years of d~cline when enroll– ment peaked at 2.739 stu dents in 2004. "We are very pleased with the quantity as well as the quality of students that are enrolled at East Central this fall, "Killens said. ··our recruitiing staff has worked very hard to ensure that we had See ECCC. Page 13A

A slight increase in enrollment is reported for the 2007 fall semester at East Central Community College in Decatur, accord– ing to Donna Luke, direc– tor of admissions, records and research. Luke said 2,482 students are registered for fall classes, an increase of 81 students or 3.4 percent, compared to the 2006 fall term. Included in the 2007 total are 1.689 academic stu– dents. 659 technical stu– dents and 134 students enrolled in career pro– grams. She also noted that 1,952 students are enrolled

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tremendous staff they have on campus and also they had a small increase with online classes but most of the students that take online classes are enrolled in school here as well," Killens said. East Central serves

Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott and Winston coun– ties. For more information contact ECCCStudent Serv– ices, phone 601-635-2111 or call toll free, 1-877-462-3222, ext. 205. Theemail address is jkillens@eccc.edu.

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an increase. " Killens said that East Central really speaks for itself along with the

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