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College Releases Final Fall Enrollment Numbers
Bloomington,
Indiana.
Ivy Tech Community College-Bloomington released its final fall enrollment numbers today, and enrollment has grown since the College’s preliminary announcement last week. As of Saturday, August 26th, 4,570 students were enrolled at the College’s Bloomington campus, and FTE (full-time equivalent) surpassed 2,800. FTE, which measures how many courses students are taking, has risen sharply from fall 2005 rising 21.8%, indicating that more students at the community college are taking classes full-time. John Whikehart, Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana – Bloomington Chancellor, says the campus is currently serving the number of students that it was projected to serve in the year 2011. “When we moved into the building in August 2002 with an enrollment of 2,700, we could not have predicted we would be serving this number of students in just four years. The responsiveness of our faculty and staff to the challenges and opportunities created by this unparalleled growth is testimony to our commitment to changing the lives of our students and preparing an educated and trained workforce to meet the needs of our region and the state of Indiana.” Ivy Tech-Bloomington has increased the number of class sections it offers to meet the academic needs of its almost 700 new students, increasing from 675 course sections in 2005 to approximately 841 course sections this fall. In addition, Ivy Tech’s Workforce & Economic Development department will move to downtown Bloomington in the next month in order to create more room for offices and classroom space. Ivy Tech-Bloomington expects enrollments to continue to swell in the coming year due to soon-to-be announced degree articulations and the addition of new programs |