Officials: Community college 'open door' already partly closed - Jacqueline Rabe, Connecticut Mirror

A possible decision to end open enrollment at the state's community colleges might represent a philosophical change, officials said Tuesday, but in fact a lot of doors have been shut at some campuses for the last few years. "It's already happening," Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Tuesday, referring to students' being shut out of overbooked courses. "That's true at the moment." Course availability is so limited at three community colleges--in Norwalk, New Haven and Farmington--that the schools effectively have restrictions on enrollment, Assistant Chancellor Mary Anne Cox said. At other campuses, there are waiting lists for some courses.