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College of Western Idaho tells JFAC enrollment up 13% as capacity and EWA cap strain programs
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College of Western Idaho President Gordon Jones told JFAC that CWI’s academic enrollment rose about 13% this year and that capacity constraints in nursing and other career-technical programs are limiting how many students the college can serve.
College of Western Idaho President Gordon Jones told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on the college's budget day that CWI's academic enrollment grew about 13% this year and that the college is facing capacity constraints in nursing, automotive technology, welding, cybersecurity and agricultural sciences.
The growth, Jones said, comes as CWI serves nearly 22,000 credit students and more than 30,000 total students in the 2023–24 academic year; LSO budget materials cited a FY2024 appropriation to CWI of $20,816,700. Kevin Campbell, a budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, presented the college's FY2026 base-budget request and noted CWI typically spends 100% of its state appropriation.
The committee…
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