By Jaleel Perry, Staff Writer
February 7, 2017
Filed under Campus Beat
Parking has become an issue on campus due to enrollment increasing over the winter break, but Contra Costa College Buildings and Grounds Manager Bruce King said it is low on the project list.
Following the construction of the new buildi...
August 26, 2016
By Asma Alkrizy, Opinion Editor
April 11, 2016
Filed under Campus Beat, News
Nonresident tuition fees have soared over the past few years, making it challenging for the growing number of nonresidents enrolling at Contra Costa College.
The District Office has approved increasing the nonresident tuition rate f...
By Benjamin Bassham, Staff Writer
February 3, 2016
Filed under Campus Beat, News
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...
September 18, 2015
By Christian Urrutia, Editor-in-Chief
September 2, 2015
Filed under Campus Beat, News
When jobs are plentiful, students are not.
Student head count enrollment numbers have been steadily decreasing for the past five years beginning in the fall semester, reflecting the amount of Full-Time Equivalent Student (FT...
By Rodney Woodson, Associate Editor
February 11, 2015
Filed under Campus Beat, News
Although full-time equivalent student totals have been declining each semester recently, District Office and Contra Costa College administrators agree that there is no need for panic.
The colleges and district are funded by the state de...
By Roxana Amparo, News Editor
January 27, 2015
Filed under Campus Beat, News
Faculty and administrators who anticipated improvements from last year’s 8.4 percent enrollment decrease will be disappointed.
Last spring (2014) there were 2,471 FTES and this year, as of Monday, there are 2,264 at Contra Co...
By Roxana Amparo, News Editor
November 19, 2014
Filed under Campus Beat, News
Students have the opportunity to enroll in a class at a chosen university for the upcoming spring semester through the Concurrent Enrollment Program.
The program provides full-time Contra Costa College students the ability to enr...
By Lorenzo Morotti, Editor-in-Chief
September 9, 2014
Filed under Campus Beat, News
The number of students enrolled at Contra Costa College for the 2014 fall semester has declined by 1 percent since last fall, bringing the current deficit to 3.2 percent since 2012. Enrollment district wide is less than it was durin...
