Friday, September 18, 2009 5:08 PM CDT
LLC enrollment reflected in textbooks
By HERB MEEKER, Staff Writer
hmeeker@jg-tc.com
MATTOON — One statistic about increased enrollment at Lake Land College is a good read.
The college has 6,000 more textbooks than last year mostly to accommodate 915 more students enrolled this fall. The 16.3 percent increase in enrollment for regular campus students — correctional center figures dropped this fall mainly due to the loss of the program at Danville Correctional Center — is part of a record fall headcount for the community college.
“Storage for the books is a concern. But it is a good problem to have,” said Lake Land College President Scott Lensink this week.
But the down side to the 10th-day enrollment figures released this week by Lake Land College is a total of 214 students in the local Dislocated Worker Program. This total, the largest for the college since 2004 when idled industrial workers were enrolled, reflects on the economic downturn hitting East Central Illinois as well as the rest of the nation.
The Dislocated Worker Program helps students train for new career opportunities. The program was curtailed in recent years for Lake Land and other colleges.
Tina Stovall, Lake Land vice president of student services, reported 7,945 students are enrolled in colleges classes this semester, the largest number of students in classes for the fall. The previous record was 7,431 in fall 2006.
The college has 52 percent of its students enrolled full time, while 48 percent have part-time schedules. This is an increase of 2 percent in full-time enrollment from last fall.
A majority of students this fall — 2,550 or 39 percent — are enrolled in career programs for associate degrees in applied science or certificates, Stovall reported. But the college still has nearly one third or 2,041 students seeking a transfer associate degree. Both these categories show headcount increases of 17.5 and 11 percent respectively.
Lake Land is recognized as a leader among community colleges for offering quality Internet courses. This fall the college has 1,866 students enrolled in at least one Internet class, which amounts to an increase of 317 students or 20 percent from fall 2008. Of that total, 585 only take Lake Land Internet classes.
The college also has 874 current high school students enrolled in high school dual credit program courses. This is an increase of 55 or 7 percent from a year ago.
On gender, the females total 56 percent of the student body. This has been the trend in previous semesters. And the college is registering 41.7 percent of 2009 high school graduates in the district — 851 out of 2,039. Beecher City, Kansas, Neoga, St. Anthony, St. Elmo, Stewardson-Strasburg and Teutopolis have more than half their graduates enrolled at Lake Land.
Contact Herb Meeker at hmeeker@jg-tc.com or 238-6869.
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