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Published on: 8/25/2009
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Cheryl Carpenter-Davis, associate dean at MCC-Blue River, said the economy is playing a large part in bringing the additional students.
First day enrollment at the Blue River campus was 3,722 students - an increase of almost 300 from this time last year.
She said not only are more freshmen deciding to stay close to home their first year of college, but there is an increasing number of non-traditional students returning to school either to gain more training or to start a new career after losing their job.
"We believe the economy is definitely playing a part," she said.
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Carpenter-Davis said despite the increase in enrollment, no additional teachers have been hired.
Instead, she said class sizes have grown and instructors have taken on extra responsibility to deal with the growth within the community college's budget.
"We have record enrollment for both our day and evening programs, but we have to work within our budget," she said.
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