ACC enrolment rises to about 4,000 for coming school year
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This article was published 29/08/2018 (2567 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
There will be more students attending Assiniboine Community College when classes start up than there was last year.
Approximately 4,000 students will be enrolled in on campus and distance programs for the 2018-19 school year, compared with approximately 3,900 students last year.
“I would say that we’ve seen growth over the last several years and this year’s consistent with the incremental increase year over year,” said Deanna Rexe, vice-president academic at Assiniboine.
The college has seen significant enrolment growth in the hotel and restaurant management and culinary arts programs
“Those have both doubled this year, so those are an exciting area of growth,” Rexe said.
There were 24 students enrolled in the first year of study of both of these programs in 2017, and this year there are 48.
“Both culinary and the hospitality industries are incredibly desirable and popular areas for students interested in going to college,” Rexe said. “They’re also areas where employers are really looking for talented staff, so I would say that there’s demand on both sides of the equation.”
A total of 18 ACC programs have wait lists, including agribusiness, social service worker, and heavy duty equipment technician, which Rexe said remain some of the college’s most popular programs.
With wait lists, “People just have to wait their turn until the next opening,” she said.
“There may be some lucky folks on the wait list who get in if there’s some people who withdraw or who don’t show up in the first few days of school, but they will most likely be offered seats next year and the years to follow depending on how long the wait list is. We have some wait lists that are more than a couple of years long.”
This year is shaping up to build on the successes of last year, Rexe said, with programs being offered in more than two dozen communities.
“We’re very proud of that work and we also are in the process of developing new programs,” she said.
“We announced earlier that we have a MBA program and partnership with Cape Breton University which has a January start, and we have a number of advanced diplomas that we’ll be offering in the year to come.”
The first day of classes will be Sept. 4.
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