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counties it serves with course offering and registration information. Notices containing class schedules were placed in local newspapers, and numerous articles with descriptions of different courses offered went to the papers and radio stations. The result was the highest enrollment in the seven year history of the College.
For this winter quarter, Rosenquist said, there were only limited funds available for community information, but the College tried to meet the needs of the population by holding registration day and night, and extending it through the first week of classes. And, students received permission, for the first time, to delay payment of tuition until after the first of the year.
Of the nearly 1600 persons enrolled this quarter, approximately 440 are full-time students, while over 1100 attend on a part-time basis.
“We have a definite population base,” Rosenquist said, “with a limited if not declining number of students coming out of area high schools upon which the College can draw. We re serving, instead, the more mature adult, 27-28 years is the median age of the College’s student population. People are using the College as it is intended to be used. They come in for a course or two that sounds interesting to them, and when that is completed, don't return until the College offers something else that appeals.”
“We’ve had a successful winter quarter, up to 1555 from 1100 students this time last year, but we’re still below the state average per capita for enrollment figures. For rural community colleges, state figures show an enrollment of 1.6 persons per 1,000 population.
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