{"id":8567,"date":"2024-02-14T15:26:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T15:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/?p=8567"},"modified":"2024-02-14T15:26:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T15:26:00","slug":"grcc-sees-nearly-3-6-overall-enrollment-increase-in-winter-2024-semester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/14\/grcc-sees-nearly-3-6-overall-enrollment-increase-in-winter-2024-semester\/","title":{"rendered":"GRCC sees nearly 3.6% overall enrollment increase in winter 2024 semester\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8568 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GRCC-pic-Fall_11_2023_004-1-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GRCC-pic-Fall_11_2023_004-1-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GRCC-pic-Fall_11_2023_004-1.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Feb. 7, 2024:<\/strong>\u00a0Grand Rapids Community College saw a nearly 3.6% enrollment increase over the fall semester, with growth in new students, returning students and occasional students.<\/p>\n<p>As of Jan. 19, GRCC\u2019s Winter 2024 enrollment is 11,487, with the number of new students increasing by 5%. Enrollment by returning students (students re-enrolling from the previous semester) and occasional students (students who have attended GRCC before but were not enrolled in the previous semester), rose by 3% and 7%, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Amanda Kruzona, director of Institutional Research and the college\u2019s data officer, said growth can be seen in many categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Black\/African American students \u2013 12%<\/li>\n<li>Hispanic\/Latinx students \u2013 12%<\/li>\n<li>Asian students \u2013 11%<\/li>\n<li>Full-time students \u2013 13%<\/li>\n<li>Ages 30 to 39 \u2013 10%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cOur international student population rose by over 50%, bringing it back to pre-pandemic levels,\u201dKruzona said. \u201cWe had a 34% increase in students from outside Michigan, and our Lakeshore Campus enrollment grew by 14%.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt GRCC, we are always looking at our processes for ways to improve the student experience. We look at what students need and offer support to help them reach their goals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eric Mullen, dean of Student Success and Retention, credited some of the growth, especially in returning students, to development of the GRCC Cares Network, a whole-college effort to connect students to campus and community resources.<\/p>\n<p>When GRCC Cares team members are alerted to a student who needs support, they review their records and talk to those who work with the student to determine how best to help. Team members reach out to the student with information about resources \u2013 on campus and in the community \u2013 that can help. The college\u2019s \u201cGet Help\u201d webpage includes information on mental health counseling, the Student Food Pantry and loans of laptops and hotspots. It also has links to West Michigan organizations that help with legal problems, domestic violence, and transportation needs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo many times, a student\u2019s higher ed journey is disrupted by something outside the campus,\u201d Mullen said. \u201cIt can be a need for housing or child care or a job to help pay for school. We work to help students overcome these hurdles before they withdraw from GRCC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>GRCC\u2019s Fall 2023 enrollment also showed growth, increasing 3.2% over the previous year. The numbers of Hispanic\/Latino and Black\/African American students rose 11.3% and 11.89%, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The headcount figures do not include GRCC\u2019s Workforce Training programs, which don\u2019t operate on a semester schedule.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Feb. 7, 2024:\u00a0Grand Rapids Community College saw a nearly 3.6% enrollment increase over the fall semester, with growth in new students, returning students and occasional students. As of Jan. 19, GRCC\u2019s Winter 2024 enrollment is 11,487, with the number of new students increasing by 5%. Enrollment by returning students (students re-enrolling from<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8568,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_rtcl_gb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[189],"class_list":["post-8567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-michigan"],"aioseo_notices":[],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GRCC-pic-Fall_11_2023_004-1.jpg",700,533,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GRCC-pic-Fall_11_2023_004-1.jpg",700,533,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GRCC-pic-Fall_11_2023_004-1.jpg",700,533,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GRCC-pic-Fall_11_2023_004-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GRCC-pic-Fall_11_2023_004-1-300x228.jpg",300,228,true],"large":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GRCC-pic-Fall_11_2023_004-1.jpg",640,487,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GRCC-pic-Fall_11_2023_004-1.jpg",700,533,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GRCC-pic-Fall_11_2023_004-1.jpg",700,533,false],"rtcl-gallery":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GRCC-pic-Fall_11_2023_004-1-700x462.jpg",700,462,true],"rtcl-thumbnail":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GRCC-pic-Fall_11_2023_004-1-320x240.jpg",320,240,true],"rtcl-gallery-thumbnail":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GRCC-pic-Fall_11_2023_004-1-150x105.jpg",150,105,true],"psacp-medium":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GRCC-pic-Fall_11_2023_004-1.jpg",500,381,false],"rpwe-thumbnail":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GRCC-pic-Fall_11_2023_004-1-45x45.jpg",45,45,true]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"LaPrensa Newspaper","author_link":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/author\/laprensa\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/category\/articles\/michigan\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Michigan<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Feb. 7, 2024:\u00a0Grand Rapids Community College saw a nearly 3.6% enrollment increase over the fall semester, with growth in new students, returning students and occasional students. As of Jan. 19, GRCC\u2019s Winter 2024 enrollment is 11,487, with the number of new students increasing by 5%. 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