Well, with lay-offs mounting and poor mismanagement by government of this current recession, I guess we can expect more. With people out of work many have decided to go back to school and learn a new skill and trade. Of course, with tuition costs insanely high and getting higher each year a good number of folks are enrolling in Community Colleges right now.
Unfortunately, there are not enough classrooms, instructors and staff to take the onslaught of new returning students. Right now enrollment rates are up some 30% in many areas, especially at these community colleges. So much so they cannot get enough instructors and classes are more than full.
This will also cause issues and make it difficult for many to complete their classes on time, as they will have to wait for future semesters to get the classes they need to complete their program. This is also somewhat bad timing because so many states and counties are under supreme budget cuts and cost constraints.
The question is how much more can the community colleges take of this. There is literally a Tsunami of new students trying to get classes and those who are unable are left with nowhere to go. So it appears that online education is getting a big boost as well.
One Community College Dean in our area tells me, he does not have the budget or the facilities to take anymore, and that they are actually turning many people away. He expects this trend to continue in 2009 and 2010 and does not have a solution for it. Think on this.
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