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IVCC reports enrollment gains, budget challenges as fall semester nears · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: IVCC reports enrollment gains, budget challenges as fall semester nears.
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  Speaker 1: Written by Shaw Local News Network, this article is being
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  Speaker 1: Illinois Valley Community College is seeing more students enroll but
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  Speaker 1: fewer credit hours as the fall semester approaches. President doctor
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  Speaker 1: Tracy Morris told the Board of trustees Tuesday, July twenty first,
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  Speaker 1: with three weeks before classes begin, headcount enrollment is up
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  Speaker 1: three point nine percent compared to fall twenty twenty five,
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  Speaker 1: while credit hours have dipped two percent. The biggest surprise,
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  Speaker 1: duel credit enrollment courses taken by high school students, jumped
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  Speaker 1: nearly forty four percent. Much could change by the time
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  Speaker 1: the college takes the official measurement ten days into the semester,
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  Speaker 1: Morris cautioned. The mixed signals come as IVCC prepares to
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  Speaker 1: present a forty seven point seven million dollars budget that
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  Speaker 1: projects a four point four million dollars shortfall. The tentative
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  Speaker 1: f y twenty twenty seven budget, set for public hearing
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  Speaker 1: August twenty fifth at four thirty pm, reflects rising expenses
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  Speaker 1: and capital costs that will exceed projected revenues, even with
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  Speaker 1: increases from higher property values and tuition fees new tools
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  Speaker 1: and programs. The college is rolling out a student resource
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  Speaker 1: hub within its bright Space learning platform to help students
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  Speaker 1: find campus services, support resources, and involvement opportunities in one place.
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  Speaker 1: The Workforce Development and Health Professions divisions are also launching
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  Speaker 1: a Career Exploration program designed to create education and career
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  Speaker 1: pathways tailored to the district for high school students. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: ivcc's Adventure Summer camps continue to draw interest. The program
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  Speaker 1: logged four hundred and seventy two registrations across forty three
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  Speaker 1: camps this summer, with half of those campers signing up
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  Speaker 1: for multiple sessions. Board approves capital requests. Trustees authorized a
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  Speaker 1: request for state funding through the Community College Capital Resource
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  Speaker 1: Allocation Management Program for a three point one million dollars
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  Speaker 1: nursing simulation lab. The board also renewed subscriptions for student
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  Speaker 1: and professional development training, computer software maintenance, and campus scheduling software.
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  Speaker 1: Doctor Nina Duleabaum has been appointed as a psychology instructor