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Wayne Community College, Goldsboro, NC 27533-8002
December 8, 1999
Registrar reports fall
enrollment down by 2%
Boyd Nelms, right, hands his check to cashier Bertha
Holmes for spring semester registration.
PHOTO: LIZ BAEADOR
Tuition increase provides
better quality
By FELICIA ALBRITTON
Enrollment figures for WCC
remained steady during the 1999
fall semester, according to
Registrar Susan Sasser.
College officials were concerned
that a 33% increase in tuition
would affect enrollment.
Also recruitment efforts and
offers of financial assistance may
have offset the effects of the
increase, said Recruiting Specialist
Dori Fraser and Counselor Janice
Fields, who also directs minority
affairs and assists with
recruitment.
Fields said that President
Wilson wrote a letter to students
' during the summer of 1999,
stating that the WCC fall tuition
will increase.
Wilson did not want the
increase to place a financial
hardship on students, so he also
reminded them that financial aid
programs could accommodate for
the increase.
Registrar Susan Sasser, in
charge of admissions and records,
agreed with Fields that tuition
increase has not had a dramatic
effect on enrollment.
Fields added that, “We do work
hard to recruit students when we
attend the Carolinas Association
of Collegiate Registrars and
Admissions Officers tour when we
visit area high schools on College
Day along with the 4- year
colleges.
“We also make a list of prospects
from the junior and senior
classes.”
On the community college
spring tour of recruitment, Fields
said that the recruiters emphasize
the Jump Start Program,
informing high school students of
the opportunity to go to college
while they are in high school.
This fall 94 Jurrip Start students
conie.from the Wayne County
public system and 15 come from
private schools, according to
Curtis Shivar, Associate Vice
president for Academic Affairs.
Fields said, “Our transfer
program in agreement with 4- year
colleges honors more of the
classes that WCC students take; in
fact, college transfer increased
47% this fall.”
By GERARDO GLTIFARRO
This past fall Wayne
Community College had a tuition
increase of $95 per semester for
students who register for 14 hours
or more. That means that
students are paying $26.75 per
semester hour for in-state
residents.
North Carolina has not had a
tuition increase in many years.
Even after this past tuition
increase. North Carolina still has
one of the lowest tuitions in the
nation, second only to Arizona.
Many students do not know
that the tuition increase was not
just at Wayne Community
College; it was statewide.
The University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill is another
one of the colleges having an
increase, but many students are
protesting the increase of
tuition from $2,300 a year to
$3,864.82.
The increase for Chapel Hill
and WCC happened for the same ^
reason: They both want the best
faculty available, according to
Yvonne Goodman. “WCC wants
students to have the best
education from a trained faculty,”
Goodman said.
' “Another reason for tuition
increase is technology. We want
to keep up with computer
software and hardware to stay
current with workplace demands.”
Goodman stated.
“When the tuition increased,
more scholarships were available
for students,” Goodman said.
WCC is encouraging all students
to fill out a financial aid form.
Many students qualify for grants
like the NC Community College
Grant, Financial Aid Grant, and
the Hope Tax Credit. .
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