Tutors refocus, challenged by sky-rocketing enrollment

Tutors refocus, challenged by sky-rocketing enrollment

Raechel Pape

Contributor

Perhaps the best way to describe one of the most jam-packed areas on campus is to explain what the tutoring center in Learning Support Services is not:

Tutors there will not help visitors prepare for exams that might get them into graduate school or law school.

Tutors will not … Read more>>

Note to WCC: Have a plan

Note to WCC: Have a plan

Editorial

Washtenaw Community College’s skyrocketing enrollment is not a new issue and it certainly won’t come as a surprise when it almost certainly happens again in the Fall 2010 semester. A college the size of WCC, with the resources it has, should have a plan.

It’s been painfully obvious that enrollment is … Read more>>

WCC enrolling more students on, and off, campus

WCC enrolling more students on, and off, campus

Matt Thompson

Staff Writer

  

ROBERT CONRADI WASHTENAW VOICE

Hallways are more crowded, food lines are longer, the parking lot situation is getting worse, libraries are filling up and fewer tutors are available per student. Throughout the campus community, resources are being stretched to the limit.

These are the problems … Read more>>

College responds to strains felt by its students, staff and faculty

College responds to strains felt by its students, staff and faculty

Increased enrollment has strained campus services, class rooms and parking lots this semester, but Washtenaw Community College officials are finally working to alleviate the burden on faculty, staff and students).

Parking — or the lack of it — is a problem for everyone on campus. For … Read more>>

Record enrollment creates myriad challenges beyond over-crowded parking lots

Record enrollment creates myriad challenges beyond over-crowded parking lots

Matt Thompson

Staff Writer

mthompson3@wccnet.edu

Look past just the parking debacle created by record enrollment, and you’ll find even more challenges facing Washtenaw Community College this fall. After finding a place to abandon their car, students find themselves seriously competing for attention from tutors, teachers and other campus … Read more>>

WCC exploring downtown Ann Arbor campus options

WCC exploring downtown Ann Arbor campus options

Elizabeth Ross

Managing Editor

eross4@wccnet.edu

If you’re feeling a little claustrophobic on campus this Fall, it might not be just your imagination.

“The way the economy is, our enrollment is growing like an out of control weed,” WCC President Larry Whitworth said.

To handle the growth, administrators were con sidering leasing space … Read more>>