Administrators do their homework
to make the case for cost-effective
building improvements
T H E Building BUSINESS CASE
FOR
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The;long;recession;and;slow;economic;recovery;have;created;an interesting;dilemma;for;community;college;leaders.;Traditional and;nontraditional;students;flocked;to;two-year;colleges;from 2006–09;hoping;to;change;careers,;improve;their;skills,;or;enroll in;an;alternative;to;more;expensive;four-year;institutions.
BY BILL HARRIS
After;growing;at;an;unprecedented;clip;of;more;than;8;percent;in;2009–10,
a;recent;report;from;the;American;Association;of;Community;Colleges;indicates
that;the;pace;of;enrollment;growth;tailed;off;last;year.;(For;the;full;report,;visit
www.aacc.nche.edu/Publications/Reports/Documents/CommunityGrowth.pdf.)
The;National;Student;Clearinghouse;Research;Center;(NSCRC);attributes;the
slowdown;to;the;fact;that;many;community;colleges;were;at;maximum;capacity
and;could;not;handle;another;year;of;significant;growth.
