Declining enrollment continues at Jackson Community College this fall - Leanne Smith, MLive

Approximately 11 percent fewer students are taking classes at Jackson Community College this fall compared to a year ago, according to enrollment figures released last week. Jackson Community College is experiencing an 11 percent enrollment decline from a year ago. JCC’s enrollment snapshot for the first 10 days of classes this fall shows that 6,247 students are taking classes compared to 7,056 for the first 10 days of classes in fall 2011. This takes the college’s enrollment to 2006 levels.Much of JCC’s budget is tied to tuition and fees, and President Dan Phelan said during the college’s September Board of Trustees meeting that significant cuts and expenditures would be presented to the board in October as a result of the anticipated enrollment drop. http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2012/09/declining_enrollment_continues.html