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College of Western Idaho tells JFAC it is growing fast, cites capacity, EWA limits
Summary
College of Western Idaho leaders told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee that academic enrollment rose about 13% this year, creating wait lists in nursing and technical programs and leaving the college constrained by a 3% state cap that reduced its Enrollment Workload Adjustment (EWA) funding.
Kevin Campbell, a budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee that the FY 2024 appropriation to the College of Western Idaho was $20,816,700 and that CWI typically spends 100% of its state appropriation.
College of Western Idaho President Gordon Jones said the college’s academic enrollment increased about 13% this year and that growth is broad-based across dual credit, academic transfer and career-technical education. “At its highest level, we are up this, year 13% in our academic enrollment,” Jones said.
Jones described capacity constraints across three areas: facilities, instructor-to-student ratios dictated by accreditation (he cited nursing as an example), and student support services such as…
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