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9/15/09
Story by Julie Haas

JCCC sees record-high fall enrollment

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – As of the 20th day of the fall 2009 semester, 20,401 students are enrolled at Johnson County Community College, an increase of 7.0 percent  from the total of 19,062 in fall 2008. The number of credit hours in which students are enrolled is 173,267, an increase of 7.8 percent from the fall 2008 total of 160,750. These are the highest enrollment figures the college has ever recorded.

Terry A. Calaway, JCCC president, attributes the increase in credit class enrollment to the troubled economy, growth in area high school graduating classes, and the difference in the cost of tuition between JCCC and the state universities.

“JCCC provides an excellent education for a reasonable cost,” Calaway said. “We’re seeing more displaced workers in our classes and more high school graduates who are saving money on their first two years of college. They know that at JCCC we do everything we can to support their goals.”

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