(Estherville)– Officials with Iowa Lakes Community College say more college credits are being taken by students there this spring.
Julie Carlson, Dean of Enrollment Management at ILCC, tells KUOO news credit hours climbed to 32,006 for the spring 2009 semester, an increase of 3.4 percent from a year ago. The number of students meanwhile remained stable.
Carlson says the most significant increase is in the vocational and career options programs where nearly 100 more students than in spring, 2008 are completing coursework.
Carlson attributes the increase to the failing economy. She says more and more people are looking at training and re-training in response to layoffs and plant closings.
