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<p><span style="font-size:11pt">Hello BLC Community,</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt">Just wanted to share out a data point from the latest enrollment monitoring report from our policy research team (attached) that you may find interesting or insightful - no action required.</span></p>
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<p><i><span style="font-size:11pt">Washington community and technical colleges enrolled 145.6 thousand full-time equivalent students (FTES) in winter quarter 2025, an increase of 9% over the previous winter. State-funded FTES also increased by 9%, totaling
 96.5 thousand FTES. Contract-funded enrollment was up 10% in winter quarter, with 47.3 thousand FTES, and student-funded enrollment increased by 9% to 1,766 FTES.</span></i></p>
<p><i><span style="font-size:11pt">&nbsp;</span></i></p>
<p><i><span style="font-size:11pt">Select program enrollment in winter 2025 increased for:</span></i></p>
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<li style="margin-left:0in"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;background:yellow">Applied Baccalaureate: up 11% (+488 FTES);</span></i></li><li style="margin-left:0in"><i><span style="font-size:11pt">Basic Education for Adults: up 8% (+1,155 FTES);
</span></i></li><li style="margin-left:0in"><i><span style="font-size:11pt">Apprenticeships: up 4% (+132 FTES);
</span></i></li><li style="margin-left:0in"><i><span style="font-size:11pt">Basic Food, Employment and Training: up 21% (+685 FTES);</span></i></li><li style="margin-left:0in"><i><span style="font-size:11pt">eLearning: up 9% (+7,816 FTES);</span></i></li><li style="margin-left:0in"><i><span style="font-size:11pt">I-BEST: up 12% (+374 FTES);</span></i></li><li style="margin-left:0in"><i><span style="font-size:11pt">International: up 17% (+894 FTES);</span></i></li><li style="margin-left:0in"><i><span style="font-size:11pt">International Contract: up 16% (+706 FTES);</span></i></li><li style="margin-left:0in"><i><span style="font-size:11pt">Running Start: up 11% (+2,698 FTES);</span></i></li><li style="margin-left:0in"><i><span style="font-size:11pt">WorkFirst: up 30% (+359 FTES); and</span></i></li><li style="margin-left:0in"><i><span style="font-size:11pt">Worker Retraining: up 12% (+579 FTES).</span></i></li></ul>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt">Ken</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:'franklin gothic medium' , sans-serif;color:#003764">Kendrick Hang</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:'franklin gothic book' , sans-serif"><a href="mailto:khang@sbctc.edu"><span style="color:blue">khang@sbctc.edu</span></a><span style="color:#003561">
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<p><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'calibri' , sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'calibri' , sans-serif"> Joyce Hammer &lt;<a href="mailto:jhammer@sbctc.edu">jhammer@sbctc.edu</a>&gt;
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 14, 2025 9:21 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Washington Association of Community and Technical Colleges <br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: Winter 2025 Allocation and Enrollment Monitoring Reports</span></p>
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<p>Good Morning! Please consider the below message and attached documents. A special thanks, as always, to Travis Dulaney for finalizing these reports!
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt">Dear State Board members, chancellors, and presidents,</span><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt">Washington community and technical colleges enrolled 145.6 thousand full-time equivalent students (FTES) in winter quarter 2025, an increase of 9% over the previous winter. State-funded FTES also increased by 9%, totaling 96.5
 thousand FTES. Contract-funded enrollment was up 10% in winter quarter, with 47.3 thousand FTES, and student-funded enrollment increased by 9% to 1,766 FTES.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt">Select program enrollment in winter 2025 increased for:</span></p>
<ul type="disc" style="margin-top:0in">
<li style="margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt">Applied Baccalaureate: up 11% (+488 FTES);</span></li><li style="margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt">Basic Education for Adults: up 8% (+1,155 FTES);
</span></li><li style="margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt">Apprenticeships: up 4% (+132 FTES);
</span></li><li style="margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt">Basic Food, Employment and Training: up 21% (+685 FTES);</span></li><li style="margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt">eLearning: up 9% (+7,816 FTES);</span></li><li style="margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt">I-BEST: up 12% (+374 FTES);</span></li><li style="margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt">International: up 17% (+894 FTES);</span></li><li style="margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt">International Contract: up 16% (+706 FTES);</span></li><li style="margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt">Running Start: up 11% (+2,698 FTES);</span></li><li style="margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt">WorkFirst: up 30% (+359 FTES); and</span></li><li style="margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt">Worker Retraining: up 12% (+579 FTES).</span></li></ul>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt">Enrollment for Department of Corrections contracts was down 25% in winter 2025, enrolling 518 fewer FTES than in winter 2024.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt">The attached reports will soon be available on the
</span><a href="https://www.sbctc.edu/colleges-staff/research/annual-reports-archive/enrollment"><span style="font-size:11pt">SBCTC website</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt">. Please
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