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Fall
2002 Enrollment Sets Record in KCTCS Colleges
Colleges
in the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) are enrolling
record numbers of students this fall. Enrollment is up more than 5 percent
over fall 2001 and more than 45 percent since fall 1998, the first year
the new system was in place.
KCTCS colleges recently reported to the state Council on Postsecondary
Education fall 2002 enrollment of 66,370 full- and part-time students.
The preliminary figure includes some course sections that will open
in the coming weeks.
The fall 2002 unofficial enrollment represents an increase of 5.15 percent
over fall 2001 final enrollment of 63,120. Official enrollment is certified
on Nov. 1.
Enrollment has increased this fall among both full-time students (up
4.1 percent) and part-time students (up 5.1 percent). Fifteen of the
16 KCTCS districts are seeing enrollment increases from fall 2001 to
fall 2002.
KCTCS President Michael B. McCall attributed the increases to a variety
of factors, including enrollment of high school students, continued
growth in distance learning, and opening of new facilities. “The
Postsecondary Education Improvement Act of 1997, which created our system,
assigned to KCTCS the responsibility to expand Kentuckians’ access
to higher education,” McCall said. “Our colleges are doing
exactly that, increasing enrollment by nearly half since KCTCS was established.”
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The
16 districts of KCTCS comprise 62 campuses either open or under construction.
KCTCS colleges change lives by providing accessible and affordable education
and training through academic and technical associate degrees; diploma
and certificate programs in occupational fields; pre-baccalaureate education;
adult, continuing and developmental education; customized training for
business and industry; and distance learning. For more information,
visit http://www.kctcs.edu
Reprinted
with permission from KCTCS
Contact: Bryan Armstrong, (859) 246-3146, ext. 1208
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