CARTERVILLE – Last fall, enrollment at John A. Logan College eclipsed the 7,000 mark for the first time in the school’s history. Generally speaking, enrollment declines somewhat in the spring semester. But not this school year.
Official tenth-day enrollment figures released Monday by Terry Crain, Dean for Student Services at the college, show that enrollment this spring term stands at 7,162, up 138 from the fall semester’s record-breaking total of 7,024 and up a staggering 875 students over spring 2009 – a 14 percent increase.
“The record enrollment for spring is truly amazing,” said JALC President Dr. Robert Mees. “These numbers just reinforce the fact that John A. Logan College has been the fastest-growing college in the state for the past five years. Our faculty and staff worked very hard in opening up new sections of classes and adding seats to existing classes.”
Record enrollments, Mees said, are always challenging, “especially when our college is dealing with reduced funding from the state. Hopefully, these state funding issues can be resolved in the near future.”
A few other notables per Crain:
· 13 percent increase in credit hours compared to last spring
· Highest baccalaureate spring enrollment ever at 4,775
· Largest part-time enrollment ever at 4,112
· A total of 3,239 students enrolled from in-district high schools
· Largest number of former GED graduates attending spring semester at 420
· Number of minority students is 865 or 12 percent, up 1 percent from last spring
· 36 international students or the highest number in seven years
· 119 students who graduated from a home school or an in-district private school
· 1,868 students either add or drop a class using Weblink for the spring, a 35 percent increase
Crain said more females attend Logan than males. This spring’s count is 4,140 versus 3,022. He added that Marion remains the leader in terms of in-district representation at the college. There are presently 615 students from Marion enrolled in JALC classes. That’s up from 535 in 2005. Carbondale is second at 492 and Herrin third at 419. Carterville is not far behind at 385.
Representation from in-district schools has only declined in two school districts over the last five years. Murphysboro dropped from 368 students to 324 and Johnston City dropped from 207 to 189. Crab Orchard remained the same at 60.
“The college continues to meet the needs of students by scheduling classes and offering programs the student’s desire,” said Dr. Julia Schoeder, Vice President for Instruction. “Online enrollment also continues to rise with course offerings that are of the same quality as face-to-face instruction and that better meets the life schedules of our students.”
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CARTERVILLE – Last fall, enrollment at John A. Logan College eclipsed the 7,000 mark for the first time in the school’s history. Generally speaking, enrollment declines somewhat in the spring semester. But not this school year.
Official tenth-day enrollment figures released Monday by Terry Crain, Dean for Student Services at the college, show that enrollment this spring term stands at 7,162, up 138 from the fall semester’s record-breaking total of 7,024 and up a staggering 875 students over spring 2009 – a 14 percent increase.
“The record enrollment for spring is truly amazing,” said JALC President Dr. Robert Mees. “These numbers just reinforce the fact that John A. Logan College has been the fastest-growing college in the state for the past five years. Our faculty and staff worked very hard in opening up new sections of classes and adding seats to existing classes.”
Record enrollments, Mees said, are always challenging, “especially when our college is dealing with reduced funding from the state. Hopefully, these state funding issues can be resolved in the near future.”
A few other notables per Crain:
· 13 percent increase in credit hours compared to last spring
· Highest baccalaureate spring enrollment ever at 4,775
· Largest part-time enrollment ever at 4,112
· A total of 3,239 students enrolled from in-district high schools
· Largest number of former GED graduates attending spring semester at 420
· Number of minority students is 865 or 12 percent, up 1 percent from last spring
· 36 international students or the highest number in seven years
· 119 students who graduated from a home school or an in-district private school
· 1,868 students either add or drop a class using Weblink for the spring, a 35 percent increase
Crain said more females attend Logan than males. This spring’s count is 4,140 versus 3,022. He added that Marion remains the leader in terms of in-district representation at the college. There are presently 615 students from Marion enrolled in JALC classes. That’s up from 535 in 2005. Carbondale is second at 492 and Herrin third at 419. Carterville is not far behind at 385.
Representation from in-district schools has only declined in two school districts over the last five years. Murphysboro dropped from 368 students to 324 and Johnston City dropped from 207 to 189. Crab Orchard remained the same at 60.
“The college continues to meet the needs of students by scheduling classes and offering programs the student’s desire,” said Dr. Julia Schoeder, Vice President for Instruction. “Online enrollment also continues to rise with course offerings that are of the same quality as face-to-face instruction and that better meets the life schedules of our students.”
