The Advocate

Low enrollment causes funding deficit, class cancellations

February 20, 2018

The class schedule is taking drastic cuts this semester as campus administrators try to regain some of the college’s financial surplus, which has been dwindling in the last few years. Since the college leadership has undergone m...

Ed Aquinde drives a forklift operations class on the Tennis Courts for part of the forklift logistics operations warehouse program.

Relocated program will provide job skills

September 20, 2017

Medical assistant major Diana Lapop flips through pages of the Anthropology of
Religion, Magic and Witchcraft textbook during an Anthropology 150 class session
in GE-311 on Thursday. The class reviewed witchcraft in European villages.

Magic, witchcraft, religion breaks taboo

April 18, 2017

Platform improves digital exchange

By Reggie Santini, Advocate Staff

September 28, 2016

Online classes are providing students with advanced study options. Contra Costa College currently offers 68 online and hybrid courses to help students achieve their educational goals as quickly as possible. “I advocate for onlin...

Despite steady trend, some expect ‘imminent’ rebound

By Benjamin Bassham, Staff Writer

February 3, 2016

Headcount is up, but enrollment is down, and the college is hurting. To oversimplify, a Full-Time Equivalent Student represents 15 semester units that students have enrolled in. The amount of FTES directly affects the funding a coll...