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Virginia Community Colleges report enrollment gains, request $136.2 million to expand high-cost programs
Summary
Chancellor Dore told the Senate subcommittee that community college enrollment has risen, dual-enrollment and Fast Forward programs are growing, and the system has requested $90 million one-time and $46.2 million ongoing to expand training spaces and sustain high-cost workforce programs.
Chancellor Dore of the Virginia Community College System briefed the Education Subcommittee on enrollment trends, workforce-aligned program growth and a multi-part budget request aimed at expanding capacity for high-cost career programs. “Virginia's community colleges are present and active in every corner of the Commonwealth,” Dore said.
Dore reported that fall enrollment rose “by 9.4% over the fall of 2021,” and that Fast Forward enrollment has increased 127% over its 2017 baseline. She said the system served “over 232,000 students across the Commonwealth” last year and…
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