September 17, 2004

Community college ups enrollment, transparency

Wayne County Community College's 10-year millage, passed three years ago, has shown impressive early returns according to a Detroit Free Press editorial. WCCCD has the highest enrollment of its 35-year history with 44,000 students, including a 65 percent enrollment increase at the school's Belleville campus. The increase is attributed, in part, to a marketing campaign designed to make WCCCD more of a choice for students beyond the city of Detroit. Another piece of the school's marketing plan is to make WCCCD's financial operations more accessible to the general public. Chancellor Curtis Ivery recently announced that 98 percent of all financial and day-to-day operations data will be made accessible to the general public beginning Sept. 22. Everything from state audit results to the school's five-year financial plan will be at www.wcccd.edu and a new call-in number is already in place for students, prospective students and critics to offer complaints or suggestions.

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