{"id":94815,"date":"2019-04-05T18:51:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T00:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/fort-lewis-college-pleased-with-steady-enrollment-projection\/"},"modified":"2019-04-05T18:51:00","modified_gmt":"2019-04-06T00:51:00","slug":"fort-lewis-college-pleased-with-steady-enrollment-projection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/fort-lewis-college-pleased-with-steady-enrollment-projection\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Lewis College pleased with steady enrollment projection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Fort Lewis College trustees were informed about enrollment projections for next school year on Thursday.<\/span>Durango Herald file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Fort Lewis College expects enrollment to be flat for 2019-20 \u2013 viewed as a win by school officials who have been battling declining enrollment since the Great Recession.<\/p>\n

For budgeting purposes, the school is working on an estimate that total enrollment will be 3,347 for next school year, a 0.9 percent increase from this year.<\/p>\n

Attention is being paid to recruitment, FLC<\/a> President Tom Stritikus told the Board of Trustees\u2019 Academic and Student Affairs Committee on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are thinking about what do we need to do better from Pagosa Springs to Cortez. Do we need another recruiter to focus on Colorado Springs because that\u2019s the fastest-growing area of the state?\u201d Stritikus told trustees.<\/p>\n

Director of Admissions Jess Savage presented application numbers so far for academic year 2019-20. Numbers as of March 25 indicate:<\/p>\n

Confirmed first-year students for 2019-20 are at 337 compared with 328 last year, a 2.7 percent increase.<\/em>Applications from first-year students are down from 5,141 last year to 4,400 this year, a 14.41 percent decrease.<\/em>Admitted students are down from 3,457 students last year compared with 3,057 students this year.<\/em>\u201cI\u2019m feeling like we\u2019re having the right conversations with the right students,\u201d Savage told trustees, noting that while applications are down from a year ago, the number of confirmed students is up slightly.<\/p>\n

The school has also concentrated on attracting more transfer students, dedicating an admission counselor to work with transfers.<\/p>\n

Savage said the move is paying off, with 53 transfer students confirmed for 2019-20 through March 25 compared with 39 students last year.<\/p>\n

Trustees also discussed paying more attention to high school students enrolled in concurrent college classes at FLC as an avenue to boost enrollment numbers.<\/p>\n

Trustee Dianne Van Voorhees suggested having successful alumni take a concurrent student out to lunch or holding special events, perhaps a summer barbecue for FLC\u2019s concurrent students.<\/p>\n

Stritikus agreed that paying special attention to high school students taking classes at FLC could help.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have an opportunity to make a more meaningful relationship,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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