Nearly 400 community college students from across the state gathered in Annapolis on February 11th for the annual Student Advocacy Day, to meet with legislators and discuss higher education issues. The day started in the Presidential Conference Room of the Miller Senate Office Building. Senators Exum, Hogan, Kramer, and Miller spoke to the students. Afterwards, students visited their respective Senators and Delegates.

Sixteen students represented Carroll Community College. Each spoke directly to Senators Haines, Brinkley, and Kittleman, and to Delegate Stocksdale about the positive impact Carroll has had on their lives. The students also explained the need for more classroom, laboratory, and parking space on campus as enrollment continues its record-setting pace.

Nearly 400,000 Marylanders attend Maryland community colleges annually, through credit and noncredit courses, and 62 percent of Maryland's high school graduates who go to college in the state begin their higher education at community colleges. More Maryland undergraduates attend community colleges than attend University System of Maryland campuses.

Carroll students who participated were Adam Atwell, Jeana Biondo, Sherry Bowman, Casey Callari, Patricia Dash, Robert Debaufre, Elizabeth Dunn, Chris Hutchison, Anna Isner, Christian Jennings, Kirsten Jensen, Seth Miller, Troy Pfister, Kaitlyn Reinhardt, Vanessa Shaw, and Larry Yingling.

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Official, third week enrollment numbers for spring 2004 reveal continuing growth at Carroll Community College.

Total credit headcount increased 8.3 percent from spring 2003 to reach 2,757. Both full-time and part-time enrollments were up from a year ago. The average student load increased to 8.76 billable hours, up from 8.71 in spring 2003.

Full-time-equivalent (FTE) enrollment, used by the state for determining part of the college's funding, increased 7.9 percent. FTEs are based on the total student hours generated by student course enrollments. While headcount indicates the number of different individuals taking classes in a given time period, full-time-equivalents provide a better picture of total enrollment activity.

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