Friday, September 19, 2014

Enrollment drop costly for RCC - Bob Shiles, Robesonian

The Robeson Community College board of trustees on Monday adopted a 2014-15 state budget that is down 7.5 percent from its 2013-14 budget. “This is a tight budget, but we are ready for it,” said Tami George, the college’s vice president in charge of Finances. The state budget of $18.67 million is part of the college’s total budget for the new fiscal year of $34.56 million. The amount of money coming from the state is down because of a decline in student enrollment. “How much money we get is based on the number of student hours provided the year before,” RCC President Pamela Hilbert said. Mark Kinlaw, the college’s vice president of Instruction, presented the trustees a report showing that enrollment is down at the college about 1,000 students over the past two years. http://www.robesonian.com/news/home_top-news/50281004/Enrollment-drop-costly-for-RCC