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College of Western Idaho reports strong enrollment growth, warns of capacity limits and EWA cap
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College of Western Idaho told JFAC it is seeing double-digit academic enrollment growth and wait lists in high-demand programs, but said the state enrollment workload adjustment (EWA) was limited by a state board 3% cap that reduced expected funding.
Kevin Campbell, a budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, opened the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee briefing with budget figures for the College of Western Idaho (CWI), noting the college’s FY 2024 state appropriation and recent base-budget changes. "In FY 2024, the appropriation to CWI was $20,816,700," Campbell said, and he pointed committee members to CWI’s FY 2026 request in the legislative budget book.
CWI President Gordon Jones told the committee that enrollment at the Meridian-based college has climbed rapidly and that demand is concentrated in career-technical programs. "Growth continues...we are up this year 13% in our academic enrollment," President Jones said. He told JFAC CWI reports nearly 22,000 credit students and that more than 30,000 students were served in the 2023–24 academic year; at other points he noted the college now serves "over 31,000 individuals." Jones said career-technical education (CTE) fields such…
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