Program recruiters help boost enrollments, retention
ORLANDO, Fla. — Hiring a part-time recruiter to shepherd new students into electronics programs at Indian River State College (IRSC) in Florida and Central Carolina Community College (CCCC) in North Carolina has helped both programs substantially improve student enrollment and retention.
By March 2010, IRSC had the 48 students it needed to fill its morning and evening institutes that will begin this fall. The institutes are learning communities that move students as cohorts (one cohort of 24 with all morning classes, one unit of 24 with all evening classes) through the five consecutive semesters of the photonics and robotics program.
The electronics courses the college offers outside the learning community are also filling up, often with students who are on the waiting list for the institute.
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