GHC’s enrollment reaches its all-time high
By Seth Acuff
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Staff Writer
This fall the newly dubbed Georgia Highlands College has experienced a significant increase in the number of students enrolling.
With newly installed campuses in Marietta and Cartersville, enrollment has increased by over 9 percent since fall of 2004. The new campus in Marietta alone added 545 new students for the fall semester of 2005.
Along with more students comes the task of accommodating them with amenities such as parking and providing them with instructors and professors for their classes.
“Parking is definitely more difficult, but I think higher enrollment is a good thing because it will make Georgia Highlands a more reputable institution,” says Evan Fleetwood, political science major from Cartersville.
The question of finding instructors has been answered by new faculty being hired.
“We have hired eight full-time professors and three temporary faculty members to accommodate the new students,” said Dr. Virginia Carson, vice president of academic affairs.
Along with new professors Georgia Highlands College has also increased its staff presence in the Enrollment Management and Financial Aid Offices.
The college has also hired a number of new student assistants to help with growing enrollment.
Carson expects Georgia Highlands College to have healthy annual growth.
“We are only limited by the number of classrooms we have available,” said Carson.
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