By Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer
For the second-straight year, the number of students attending Rowan-Cabarrus Community College has set a record. The college’s fall student headcount is 7,392, or 324 more than in fall 2009, representing a 4.58 percent increase, according to figures the college released recently. The numbers continue a four-year growth trend. Since the 2007 fall semester, the college has added 1,871 degree- and diploma-seeking students. “We have added class sections, and some of our classes are larger than in years past,” Gaye McConnell, the college’s vice president of enrollment management and student services, said in announcing the latest figures. “We’re also offering significantly more online classes.
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